How to Use sidekick in a Sentence

sidekick

noun

• And the fries were more than just a sidekick.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
• And the fries were more than just a sidekick.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
• What's the best sidekick to ground beef?
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• What's the best sidekick to ground beef?
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
• What's the best sidekick to ground beef?
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
• This white marble board and slicer is just the sidekick any cheese-lover needs.
  — Liv Birdsall, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2020
• Leia was not just a sidekick one of the male leads had on his arm, or a damsel in distress.
  — Time, 7 Nov. 2019
• But for better or worse, Yang’s sidekick days seem to be over.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
• As such, this month, vegetables are the hero, not the sidekick.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• The quirky best friend or sidekick character can feel like a tired trope when done wrong.
  — Patti Greco, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2019
• Features vary, so you’re bound to find your perfect match in one of these sidekicks.
  — Annie Blackman, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
• James Gordon doesn’t have a sidekick.
  — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
• The potato chip is the perfect salty sidekick to any sandwich.
  — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2020
• But before Mario’s beloved dino sidekick can hatch, the movie fades to black.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
• If women want to be trad wives and men want to see a sexy sidekick in their action movies, why not let them?
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
• Travis Ralls, my ace sidekick and videographer of five years, came along with us.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025
• Jemima Kirke was the one friend in high school who had seen me as more than a comic sidekick.
  — Lena Dunham, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
• Can the Spurs win if the sidekicks aren’t sharpshooters?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Then the mascot [is] like her little sidekick, and that's who he's been chosen to be.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
• Jones appears on the show as the loyal sidekick to one of the characters.
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
• The sidekick has always been the protector of worlds, our last line of defense.
  — Jermaine Fowler, GQ, 14 May 2018
• Austin Dorman’s Mortimer is a sidekick one comes to care about.
  — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2018
• And now here is Molina leading the charge again, bringing along a new sidekick.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
• Blake Collins made his screen debut as Butch's sidekick, the Woim.
  — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
• Young is the head of the Hawks' snake but Capela has emerged as a productive sidekick.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021
• Men get to be the hero, the rogue, the villain, the vigilante, the sidekick, the mentor.
  — Dana Schwartz, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• That’s the basic idea here, tracking the journey of a man who has been a sidekick his whole life and now has to lead the way.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
• Knoxville will voice Bobby Ray, Elvis’ not-so-smart best friend and sidekick.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• What about Art’s sidekick, the creepy, pale girl (played by Amelie McLain)?
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022
• Not all superheroes wear capes, but every hero is only as good as their sidekick (at least the ones that have one).
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 May 2026