Sentence examples for stepped upon from inspiring English sources

A troupe of schoolchildren clomped past, with one of the students, a girl, reciting every name that they stepped upon.

One day he discovers that there is a tar pit on his grounds, which if stepped upon, causes the victim to drown.

Only one of us could get into some shops, like Balducci's, so the other waited on the sidewalk, back to a building, trying not to be stepped upon by the hustling masses, yearning to spend free.

Consider, for example, Annabella's thoughts as she walks the snow-covered grounds of a country estate, weighing the greater influence that will come to her through marriage to Byron: "A layer of white brought out the irregularities in the ground, in the gravel and grass — a thin crust like toast, she thought to herself absurdly, as she stepped upon it.

After giving Leia a souvenir of Han Solo — another wordless exchange, conducted via leitmotif — the ostensible Luke marches out onto the salt flats of the planet Crait, which, in one of the film's many inspired visual strokes, turn crimson red when stepped upon.

Research also highlights that the public react positively toward energy-saving measures that they perceive to be clever or innovative; for example, floor tiles containing piezoelectric mats that produce energy when stepped upon have been installed in busy locations worldwide, with a positive reaction from the public [26].

My dear Jane, are you sure you did not wet your feet?—It was but a drop or two, but I am so afraid:—but Mr. Frank Churchill was so extremely and there was a mat to step upon—I shall never forget his extreme politeness".

For example, Jains often do not go out at night, when they are more likely to step upon an insect.

And when it does, I pray you will be brave enough to step upon it and throw your arms open while your voice lets out a sigh of relief.

Tia Dalma reveals that Davy Jones was appointed by Calypso, his lover and goddess of the Sea, to ferry the dead to the next world; in return, Jones could step upon land for one day every ten years.

The originality of our study was in the sequence of the lines older adults had to avoid stepping upon.