Aaron has taken a sudden step back from us, and turns away.

Abruptly, she took a sudden step back, her breath coming in quick, hot gasps.

"It would be taking a sudden step backward," he said.

Then, after a long moment, she took a sudden step forward and poked my arm with her finger.

I stood up, turned away from the puppies, then swung quickly back around, taking a sudden, exaggerated step toward them.

And it required still more character never to regret the sudden step.

Just the sudden step of lightning two miles off.

He held onto it for a few more seconds-and then took a sudden step backwards.

As though he caught the echo of this thought, Ishmael took a sudden step toward me.

Although there has been a sudden step toward resolution of the conflict, the euphoria here is less than complete.