Below you will find example sentences with "two steps". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Two Steps in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: steps
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.2 words

Words in this phrase

two steps

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • two can mean: A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Very common word
  • steps can mean: plural of step. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

been just two steps in what 1× d taken two steps forward followed 1× followed by two steps back but 1× forward and two steps back this 1× forward and two steps backward 1× heap does two steps in less 1× is always two steps ahead she 1× is just two steps away in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anxiety is always 1× army navy air 1× asked his thoughts 1× but these lands 1× demarlo douglas caught 1× in contrast to 1×

Common sentence endings:

two steps back 2× and managing diabetes 1× and poor losses 1× involved in pupylation 1× locke s hit 1× major security enhancement 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

forward 5× factor 3× take 3× step 3× backward 2× heap 2× binary 2× requires 2× took 2× season 2× felt 2× taken 2×

Related phrases

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons two sides rating two two assists two decades

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around steps:

take steps 10× next steps 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

two spots two sons two sizes two sisters two singles two sides

Just after it in the phrase index:

two suspects two teenage two terms two touchdowns two tries two types

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons

Same ending:

take steps next steps

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "two steps" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as been just two steps in what, d taken two steps forward followed, forward, factor and take stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two weeks, two daughters, two years, take steps and next steps, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with two steps

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Two steps forward, two steps back. (6 words)

Anxiety is always two steps ahead; she's always thinking of the next move. (14 words)

The final two steps of the checklist included maintaining healthy blood pressure, and managing diabetes. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Namibia take on the United States as six teams will compete in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff from March 26-April 5, the event that is two steps away from the mega event to be held in October-November 2023. (43 words)

Army, navy, air force – one remains ahead, the other two steps and the third three steps behind – this will not work,” Modi said, adding that a CDS would provide effective leadership at the top level to the three armed forces. (40 words)

These two steps together are known as a thermo-chemical process; the ‘thermo’ refers to the use of high temperatures to break down the polymeric chains, and ‘chemical’ is a reference to the catalyst-driven assembly of the simpler units. (40 words)

Question examples

Asked his thoughts on Cornwall, who has taken 13 wickets in the two Tests and 303 First-Class wickets in 62 matches, Gibbs said, “How can you take two steps and bowl? (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

It’s the “two steps backward” part of the saying, “Three steps forward and two steps backward”.

The ternary heap does two steps in less time than the binary heap requires for three steps, which multiplies the index by a factor of 9 instead of the factor 8 of three binary steps.

DeMarlo Douglas caught a pass, took two steps, fully brought the ball in, took two more steps and braced himself for Locke's hit.

Les said: ‘There were times during the season where we felt we’d taken two steps forward followed by two steps back but whenever we didn’t get the result we wanted, it was often down to player availability.

Two steps forward, two steps back.

Army, navy, air force – one remains ahead, the other two steps and the third three steps behind – this will not work,” Modi said, adding that a CDS would provide effective leadership at the top level to the three armed forces.

Real security is just ‘two steps’ away: in addition to having a strong and secure password, the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) is a major security enhancement.

But these lands have been just two steps in what has been an almost complete transformation of the park over the past two decades.

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Asked his thoughts on Cornwall, who has taken 13 wickets in the two Tests and 303 First-Class wickets in 62 matches, Gibbs said, “How can you take two steps and bowl?

In contrast to the three-step reaction of ubiquitination, pupylation requires two steps, therefore only two enzymes are involved in pupylation.

The new method is fast, consists of only two steps, and uses two widely available ingredients: 89 Zr and the appropriate chelate.

The propagation is a sequence of two steps whose net effect is to replace an H atom by another H atom plus two OH radicals.

Namibia take on the United States as six teams will compete in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff from March 26-April 5, the event that is two steps away from the mega event to be held in October-November 2023.

Robinson said he "definitely" felt like his team was taking one step forward and two steps back this season as they oscillate between good wins and poor losses.

Selling should be done in three or four stages; buying should occur in one or two steps.

The director verbally explained the choreography, prompting Angelcyk to take two steps forward when she feels the curtain open and moving Angelcyk’s hands to teach her the arm motions.

The final two steps of the checklist included maintaining healthy blood pressure, and managing diabetes.

These two steps together are known as a thermo-chemical process; the ‘thermo’ refers to the use of high temperatures to break down the polymeric chains, and ‘chemical’ is a reference to the catalyst-driven assembly of the simpler units.

This year’s Oscar nominations seem to confirm that for every step the Academy takes towards progress and nonconformity, it takes two steps back.

Anxiety is always two steps ahead; she's always thinking of the next move.

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