sidelight
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The variously slinky and driven choreography features such sidelights as pratfalls, teasingly competitive back-and-forth accents, sassy shoulder shimmies and snappy hand jives. — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, "‘Minimalism and Me’ Review: Twyla Tharp Tells Her Story," 19 Nov. 2018 The basic cabinet module, with two mirrored doors and sidelights, can be customized to suit your own needs. — Rebecca Winzenried, ELLE Decor, "Home Magazine's 5th Annual Kitchen & Bath Awards 2003," 5 July 2012 The front door was painted bright turquoise — Ms. Negrin’s favorite color — and the plain-glass sidelights that allowed passers-by to see into the house were replaced with bottle-glass windows that offer privacy without blocking sunlight. — Tim Mckeough, New York Times, "An Angular Beach House That’s Soft Inside," 14 May 2018 The front door with sidelights, transom, and a half-moon window over the second floor opens into the spacious foyer with an inlaid hardwood floor, offering a preview of the luxurious interior. — Joan Walden, courant.com, "Property of the Week: 3 Erica Lane, West Simsbury," 20 July 2017 Others see performance as a sidelight to other professional careers. — Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald, "These 18 made the cut. That’s when the real work began. Now they’re part of the Entourage. | Miami Herald," 22 Apr. 2018 The plots are reasonably complicated, draw on McManus' outdoor experiences and are salted with quirky sidelights. — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, "RIP Pat McManus, a master outdoor humorist and teacher," 13 Apr. 2018 One of the more remarkable sidelights to this story is something said by former Browns general manager Mike Lombardi. — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Browns brought Doug Pederson back to NFL -- Terry Pluto (video)," 2 Feb. 2018 During a house check at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 28, the caretaker found the front left glass sidelight window was shattered and on the floor. — Sun-Sentinel.com, "West Boca Raton Crime Log: Nov. 22 - Dec. 3," 23 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sidelight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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