(from) side to side

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: moving to the left and then to the right

She shook her head from side to side in disagreement.

waving the flags from side to side

He moved side to side on the tennis court.

Examples of (from) side to side in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Russian twists: Sit on the floor with knees bent, lean back slightly, and rotate your torso from side to side while holding an optional weight. —Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024

Lawyers in the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James accused him of witness intimidation one day as his whispers during a real estate executive's testimony turned toward loud rasps — his head bobbing from side to side, shaking in apparent disparagement. —Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024

Shifting the controller forward in your hand points the Avata down toward the ground, pulling it back points the drone up, and tilting it side to side banks and turns. —Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024

The Kylie Skin founder winked at the camera and shared a pout before shaking her head from side to side and tousling her hair. —Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024

The adorable penguin flaps its flippers and dances, bobbing from side to side. —Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024

In the videos, Cameron Shoppach holds up dogs underneath their front legs and swings them side to side, with their hind legs dangling. —John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024

Cats display a wide range of visual signals: tails swishing side to side, or raised high in the air; rubbing and curling around our legs; crouching; flattening ears or widening eyes. —Anthony Ham, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024

James Crumbley showed no emotion other than shaking his head side to side as each of the four guilty verdicts was read. —Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024