How to Use step on it in a Sentence

step on it

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  • In a hurry to get home before twilight, Zilpha stepped on it.
    Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Parents should make sure the length of the costume is correct, so kids don’t accidentally step on it and trip.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the tile is powered by the mechanical energy of people stepping on it.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2025
  • At a water crossing, test a rock or log with your trekking pole before stepping on it; water crossings are often created by other hikers, so there’s no reason to assume the path through the river is safe.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • On a night in which Paul Pierce occupied a seat in the stands, Peterson wasn’t just the best player on the floor, but maybe the best player who’s stepped on it in the last couple of decades.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Natasha Rothwell swanned into the auditorium as the lights were lowered, as her costar Dom Hetrakul literally carried her gown's train to limit the number of people stepping on it.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The 2026 Toyota Crown is a tame but stylish family car, neither begging you to go off-road or to step on it around country mountains, but instead being an all-around great hauler with the quality Toyota’s known for.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Tillman, whose right foot was bloodied before the kick because a Bosnian player stepped on it, still arced a shot over five standing Bosnians, into an unsaveable spot that keeper Nikola Vasilj almost dared Tillman to target.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026

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