How to Use side by side in a Sentence

side by side

adverb

• For the bed frame, roll up two logs, side by side and about 3 feet apart.
  — Popular Science, 28 May 2020
• Today, like the days of the cattle drives, the pair work side by side.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• Be sure to gander at the moon and Jupiter side by side throughout the night.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• And there lay all four of them, there side by side on the table.
  — CNN, 26 June 2020
• The Missouri event marked the first time the Boys and Girls State events were held side by side, at the same time.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
• Was the idea to set up short-term and long-term conflicts that run side by side?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2023
• Rowe and Dahle looked at the test results side by side: the harnessed seat on the left, the Big Kid on the right.
  — Daniela Porat, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2020
• Step 1: Glue and Cut the Boards Line up four 1-inch x 8-inch x 8-foot boards side by side.
  — Lucy Fitzgerald, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
• Later, the dead were laid in rows of white sheets, side by side, on the highway.
  — Fox News, 11 Dec. 2021
• The ancient lives side by side with the modern at the Temple House.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• Gorp Gnimji and his trusty pal Stick have been side by side the past two years.
  — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2021
• Dozens of men walked, many side by side, down North High Street, many dressed in all black.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
• See those two sharks that are kind of off on their own, side by side, in the upper right?
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 17 July 2021
• Griffith and his son were side by side on the couch, grinning.
  — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
• The pair did not know each other in Afghanistan but now work side by side at Eli’s.
  — Dia Gill, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
• There's enough room to fit two browser tabs side by side.
  — Julian Chokkatt, Wired, 22 June 2021
• Early risers may be able to see the moon and bright star Antares side by side.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• Colony of salps, a type of sea squirt, living side by side in a spiral.
  — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 8 June 2021
• Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson are now side by side for the lead!
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
• In April, after a year of fighting side by side, the brothers were split up for the first time.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Transfer them to a gratin dish of a size to just hold them, arranged side by side.
  — Rebecca White, Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2020
• They were facedown, side by side, as if placed there with care.
  — New York Times, 13 June 2021
• Because who wouldn’t want to be side by side on set with a man who looks and sounds that fine!?
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Feb. 2024
• Seeing the two side by side in the hours before a game is nothing new.
  — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022
• So the numbers are, just maybe not as telling when looking at the two teams side by side.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 Jan. 2021
• Hang the shelves side by side, or stack one on top of the other depending on the width of your wall.
  — Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2022
• The three pieces sit side by side, spot-lit, with plenty of elbow room.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021
• Over, there’s also Split View, where two apps are side by side.
  — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
• The other keeps people at the center, working side by side with agents that extend our reach and sharpen our strengths.
  — Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
• Kaitlyn and Kayla Tam, both 28, have done almost everything side by side since being born just nine minutes apart.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025