Which preposition to use with stepped

of Occurrences 1321%

There is the nature that refuses to be shut up to the petty, that will not content itself with one street or town, that steps out into life from childhood with the step of the conqueror, and walks among us; one who was born a king.

in Occurrences 1094%

For some time longer, we continued to stare about us, and then, noticing that there was a clear space away to the north of the chasm, we bent our steps in that direction.

into Occurrences 952%

I stepped into the hall, and was about to call to her, when it occurred to me, that it was very queer she should have crept past my door, in that stealthy manner.

to Occurrences 942%

Stepping to one side of the window, I reloaded, and then stood there, waiting.

by Occurrences 529%

On we went, step by step, struggling and gasping, until somewhere about a hundred yards had been safely traversed.

on Occurrences 517%

There are steps on the stairs; strange padding steps, that come up and nearer....

from Occurrences 464%

In the rear of the Broadway dwelling-houses, are one story tea-rooms, or third parlors, the roofs of which form a continuous platform, upon which you can step from the second story of the houses.

towards Occurrences 359%

Hence the first step towards an industrial millennium is to arise and do what Jesus bids.

toward Occurrences 325%

For perhaps a minute I stared at the creature; then as my nerves steadied a little I shook off the vague alarm that held me, and took a step toward the window.

out Occurrences 271%

We wish to step out of the trivial experience into that which is significant.

with Occurrences 254%

To stand apart from it is to be out of step with the march of nations.

at Occurrences 173%

That he was passing leisurely along with his rifle at a trail, admiring the transcendent loveliness of the scenery around him, where the rugged and the sublime, the placid and the beautiful, were so magnificently mingled, when, in turning a sharp angle, a huge bear" "Copy!" shouted the printer's devil, as he came plunging down three steps at a bound from the compositors' room above.

over Occurrences 127%

The previous combinations of animal life and vegetable life passed away with the era in which they flourished; one class succeeding another, each emerging from, and stepping over the annihilation of its predecessor, till we come down to the presentis there no future progress for this earth as a planet?

for Occurrences 125%

She was of a type common enough on the high seas, except that a step for a mast showed that she had presumably been used for skimming about open shores.

across Occurrences 106%

At the mouth of this little stream, which one can step across, the trout congregate.

through Occurrences 81%

" They high-stepped through the gloom, and finally, with firmer step, up the gravel walk and into the white-lighted, screened-in porch.

between Occurrences 74%

[He steps between them, they fight, Pisaro falls.

before Occurrences 73%

I walked into the heart of the shrubberies two or three times, not seeing a step before me, till I came out upon the broader carriage-road, where the trees opened a little, and there was a faint gray glimmer of sky visible, under which the great limes and elms stood darkling like ghosts; but it grew black again as I approached the corner where the ruins lay.

without Occurrences 58%

"Neither Laura nor I will stir a step without you, that's a sure thing.

behind Occurrences 57%

Saying this Butts had backed a step behind the stove-pipe, and with incredible quickness had pulled out a revolver.

up Occurrences 51%

Without a word the stranger stepped up to Mouler and dealt him a sounding box on the ear.

along Occurrences 47%

Diggory was retracing his steps along the passage, wondering what could be the object of all this secrecy, when he nearly ran into the school captain.

after Occurrences 45%

" I took the still burning lamp and went down,down through the entrance into the deep, walled passage-way, on, step after step, through this black tunnel, built, when, I knew not, or by whom; but I was brave now.

beyond Occurrences 45%

A theory, therefore, which is limited to the actual constitution of this earth cannot be allowed to proceed one step beyond the present order of things.

down Occurrences 44%

Taking in the situation at a glance she ran with steady steps down the sloping roof to where the plank lay, and stepped out upon it far enough to see the boy dangling beside her.

Which preposition to use with  stepped