How to Use step aside in a Sentence

step aside

verb

• The old head who won’t step aside.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• For the dance of death to stop, one of the partners must step aside.
  — Jackson Lears, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023
• The pro-Palestine protest was a tide that asked you to step aside.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2023
• Why don’t some Democrats step aside, for the good of the party?
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
• Field had no regrets about stepping aside.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
• He was offended to be asked to step aside for the Democrats.
  — Richard Hall, Time, 16 Nov. 2025
• So Syl opened the door, stepped aside, and invited them in.
  — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• Jones is said to have stepped aside due to scheduling conflicts.
  — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
• But both stopped short of naming any candidates who should step aside.
  — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Baraka had told his bodyguards to step aside when the agents came to make the arrest.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• Huss, for his part, is gracious about stepping aside to let Chieng take over.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2025
• When those students perform, the business steps aside.
  — Derek James, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
• This is what happens when cartels run the show and the government steps aside.
  — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
• Leguizamo said he was asked to step aside in order for Keaton, 71, to take the part.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• After that debate, Biden was pressured to step aside and not run again.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
• Following the debate, there have been loud calls for Biden to step aside.
  — Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 4 July 2024
• Black men’s support for Biden waned prior to him stepping aside.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2024
• But internal calls for Thomas to step aside are growing, the sources said.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
• Democrats should demand that Platner step aside before the next bomb drops.
  — Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
• Each party is allowed one such challenge in a case, and the judge is required to step aside.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2023
• Some even called for Charles to step aside as heir to the throne in favor of his son William.
  — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
• To be sure, this race stopped being a potential blow-out when Biden stepped aside.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
• Having served his function as the go-between, Lukashenko seems ready to step aside.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
• Multiple city officials have called on him to step aside.
  — Jared Gans, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2026
• When passengers walk down hallways, the crew steps aside, smiles, and says hello.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
• Set clear expectations, then step aside.
  — Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Sharpe, 57, stepped aside from the network in April, days after the suit was filed.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
• But Santos contends the Speaker didn’t ask him to step aside.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• With hatred in his eyes, Wharton orders the Guardian to step aside.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 May 2025
• The plan calls for Hamas to step aside after ruling Gaza for nearly two decades.
  — Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025