Without looking toward the door, Jason took a short step in its direction.

Even for someone who is one short step above a servant?

Yet the distance between works seems covered in short steps.

She got up, took a few short steps out into the room.

Many people had next to nothing to begin with, so the loss of everything was a short step down.

It was but a few short steps into the building.

Steve took a short step back and shook his head.

A few short steps soon brought him to the door, half out of breath.

A few short steps more, and the night sky had opened around her again.

It was a short step, in other words, from technology to ideology.