Sentence examples for took a half step from inspiring English sources

She then took a half step back.

And again, the experts took a half step back.

People he passed took a half step backward; they seemed physically jolted by the presence of someone so famous.

He took a half step backward, as if to brace himself, folded his arms, so that his echt Portland flannel shirt bunched around his biceps, and said, "Wow.

He slid the phone back in his pocket, smiling more broadly, and took a half step toward me, coming around the table.

More like with a thunderous roar, same as the one that rang down when Arcidiacono pump-faked, took a half step forward and buried a tying 3-pointer from the corner with 2.2 seconds left in regulation.

And so with Wednesday's vote, both sides appeared ready to take a half step back toward negotiating.

ISRAEL -- The region seemed to take a half step back in its otherwise inexorable march toward open war.

But from a psychological standpoint, Mr. Boudreau then takes a half step backward when he suggests giving what he calls a "Black Heart".

On more than one occasion, I allowed myself to take a half step back from my conquest, a smile of satisfaction taking root at a job well done, only for Tim to appear from out of my peripheral vision.

From the next ball, Warner is eyeing off Duminy from around the wicket, takes a half step down, gets his weight transfer completely right, and swings through the line of a ball for a lovely six.