How to Use to the side in a Sentence
to the side
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Just in the nick of time, a flash of blue light blasts Rio to the side.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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The Cessna was towed to the side of the runway and left there.
—Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
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Biles wore a bow tie with her bangs swooped to the side.
—Janelle Ash , Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
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Swift pulled her hair to the side and sat down at the piano.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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The mom of one parted her hair, which was styled in a blowout, to the side.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
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Choose a thermometer that’s easy to read and clips to the side of the pan.
—Shelli McConnell, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2024
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Make a fist with your left hand and extend it to the side.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
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Laces: Laces can be both straight along the top of the foot or offset to the side.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
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First, notice that with the shake of the hand, the motion displaces the string to the side.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
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Then, the woman grabbed the activist by her hair and dragged her to the side of the road.
—Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 18 July 2023
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In this case, blacktip groupers wait off to the side and watch.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Sep. 2024
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Then, instead of entering the lot, the trucks pulled to the side of the road.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
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Stand the mango up on that flat end and cut down the length of the mango to the side of the pit.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
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Push the vegetables to the side of the pan, and place the salmon in the middle, skin-side up.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 8 Nov. 2024
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Buses stop and the passengers get off to the side of the road.
—Rabbi Steve Roth, Sun Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2025
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Serve in small bowls or plates with tortilla chips to the side.
—Bill St. John, Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2025
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My pops pulled me to the side one day and said, ‘What’s going on?
—Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Her hair was styled in loose waves and her bangs parted to the side.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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But 6 inches in front and a foot to the side means 6 inches in front and a foot to the side.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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In the footage, desks can be seen pushed to the side of the classroom as pairs of students fight.
—Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
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But, putting that to the side, Piedmont and Sicily, too.
—Jesse Scott, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
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In the first photo, Williams peered off to the side while her daughter did the same with a smile.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 1 July 2023
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The parents pull you to the side, saying, ‘Hey, man, thank you so much.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 2 Aug. 2025
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At one point an explosion and flames to the side of the road, an IED or mine.
—Ian Pannell, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2023
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If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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So look slightly to the side of a faint nebula or star cluster, rather than straight at it, to appreciate its brightness.
—Jase Parnell-Brookes, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Bowe, who won the 500-m race, pulled her to the side that day.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 23 Jan. 2026
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Barber chairs were pushed to the side and their corresponding stations had been left mostly untouched.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 Jan. 2026
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If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
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Subtly and to the side, of course.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
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