How to Use by step in a Sentence

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• In the first step, the method allows a straight line in any triangle to bend into a parabola, and then, step by step, lines transition into ever more complex curves.
  — Manil Suri, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Here's how to make Chatham Artillery Punch, step by step: Step 1.
  — Ali Ramee, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
• The unit itself will then explain the setup to you step by step.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2023
• Elordi slides down the stairs on his side, crawls down the steps, and at one point, scoots down the small flight of stairs step by step.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
• Shah said large projects like this go forward step by step.
  — Scott Sonner, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2023
• This software is the first from the agency that will guide users through the tax filing process step by step.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• Step by step, Granddad climbed up seven flights of stairs and knocked on her door.
  — Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• Here, see step by step how to make these easy peanut butter cookies.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
• Steps away is a bird’s-eye view of the battle at Lexington and Concord, step by step.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Dec. 2022
• On our left, a man was wrestling a baby carriage up a staircase, bumping step by step toward the street.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• Give your career that focus and continue to climb step by step.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Feb. 2023
• This was the match that Gibson, not to mention the many who had guided her along the way, had inched toward step by step over the past several years.
  — Sally H. Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• Since the attacks, this campaign has steadily advanced, step by step.
  — Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2023
• Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are suspended.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 22 May 2024
• Step by step, Tschorn provides advice to any smoker looking to start a garden of their own.
  — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
• Project by project and step by step – this is how the energy transition happens.
  — Hilary Flynn, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2024
• Dassin takes us step by step through the investigation.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
• Just taking it step by step, coming back from an injury, got to gain that confidence back.
  — oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2023
• The step by step models are created on the fly and are more complex than any human can unravel.
  — Jennifer J. Schulp, National Review, 2 Nov. 2023
• After all, that’s what great fashion does: push forward toward a new beginning, step by step, from one side to the other.
  — Kevin Leblanc, ELLE, 1 May 2023
• Since the start of school, the kids have gone step by step — first, brainstorming potential go-kart designs, then researching those ideas, and presenting the plans to the class.
  — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
• And not only trip by trip but flight by flight, almost step by step, a lifetime’s incremental changes made flesh, time-lapsed.
  — Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• In between, the story of the Wide Awakes of 1860 helps explain how politics can evolve, step by step, into violence.
  — Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
• Like her, several of the Janes had been assisting this fake doctor for years, learning the procedures step by step.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
• McDonald again described the rampage through the school — step by step, explaining the shooting and what classmates were injured and killed.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
• Jordan dutifully lined up, ran the route step by step and, watching Manning's throw spiral through the air, leaped to make his own one-handed catch.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
• With the accuracy of a testimony recorded on the spot, the film follows step by step the deposition of Manu, abused by a Catholic priest in his youth.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 July 2024
• This model also added some nifty menu settings to guide you step by step on customizing the color exactly to your taste.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 25 June 2024
• The end result sounds wild on its own, but broken down step by step the scam did include the kinds of convincing details that frequently trick people.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• During the first unit, students receive in-depth teaching about the engineering design process step by step.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 26 May 2023

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024