How to use "stepping" in a sentence

'I didn't come here to argue,' Javert said, stepping back nervously, afraid that Valjean was going to attack him

He stared into Valjean's eyes for a long time, then, stepping back with a look of confusion in his eyes, asked dreamily, 'What are you doing here? Who is this man?'

And then you can see his face, and you realise that he looks more afraid than you do, and he is stepping quickly backwards to the stairs

But for a moment Clive and Kenny wait, stepping backwards so that the waves caused by the feeding frenzy do not get at them.

Shaking with rage, Tina slowly crossed the room, carefully stepping through the debris

"I figure you've got the wrong place," Tom said, stepping out of the doorway, into the garage, reaching for the button that would raise the big door.

How can I describe this Thing that I saw? It was an enormous tripod, higher than many houses, stepping over the young trees

Then, far away, another appeared, stepping over some small trees, and then another could be seen even further away, crossing the flat mud that lay between the sea and the sky.

Would it really be so dangerous? Doesn't one government car look like another - the hugeness of it, the dark glass, the driver in uniform? She can already see herself stepping out of the car to greet the other girls, who look at her with eyes like knives