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as in suspiciously
with distrust
she glanced at us sideways when she heard us claim we weren't there that night
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Recent Examples of sideways
Vonn lost control on the first jump, spun sideways in the air, slammed to the ground and needed to be airlifted from the course.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s more than a third of the opening round going sideways.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Now the museum has expanded sideways, growing a separate but connected neighbor.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2026
Heat now travels sideways along high-conductivity paths rather than escaping vertically.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s more than a third of the opening round going sideways.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Now the museum has expanded sideways, growing a separate but connected neighbor.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2026
Heat now travels sideways along high-conductivity paths rather than escaping vertically.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sideways
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sideways
Adverb
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Set inside a suspiciously anachronistic Dallas-area shopping mall, this recent SXSW premiere follows a quartet of young women working and worshipping at Free Eden.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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Hotel staff called police after noticing a group of men acting suspiciously.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In overtime, Minnesota challenged an offensive foul call against Naz Reid in which Alperen Sengun appeared to still be moving laterally when Reid connected with him, with Reid’s foot also landing on that of the Rockets’ center.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Mar. 2026
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According to FlightRadar24, the aircraft were 525 feet apart vertically and 1,422 feet laterally at their closest point.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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On publication of the manuscript, the ghostwriter is typically named, albeit obliquely – perhaps identified as a friend or consultant in the acknowledgments section.—
Emily Hodgson Anderson,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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The new president trod carefully, acknowledging only obliquely the legal end of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808.—
Regina E. Mason,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Sideways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sideways. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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