Sentence examples for stepping closer to from inspiring English sources

Their mother, Sukari, was languid but watchful, stepping closer to curtail the rowdiness when necessary.

While James Murdoch is stepping closer to the top slot, the two people close to the company said there was no hard succession timeline.

But instead of stepping closer to nationhood, the Kurds were handed a humiliating setback: Iraqi troops seized the disputed city of Kirkuk and the oil fields around it.

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood demanded Thursday that Egypt's military rulers cede control of the government, stepping closer to a long-anticipated confrontation between the ruling generals and the Islamist-dominated Parliament. Islamist-dominated Parliament

Her tactical adjustments, which included stepping closer to the baseline to become more of an aggressor, would have mattered little without her ability to play the right shot at a critical moment, to stay relaxed on the tensest points, to believe she was going to win even when she was eight points from defeat.

Is Scotland stepping closer to a second independence referendum?

Some men turned away, while others stepped closer to listen.

Another bravely stepped closer to the duck, prompting others to follow, poke, and prod.

We step close to look in the windows.

Mollie and Rita arrived and stepped close to the body.

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