1
as in sidewise
with one side faced forward
I had to walk sideways to get between the two towering piles of boxes
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2
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
Simple pleasure in reading, the childhood delight of hunkering down with a good book and a warm bagel on my chest, sitting sideways on a sunken armchair with my head on its arm, no longer felt possible.
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Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Seconds after, Kirk fell sideways in his chair to the ground.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Bitcoin has been trading sideways in recent weeks as other cryptocurrency ecosystems such as Ethereum and Solana take their turns in the spotlight.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
The viewers expressed as much on social media, although not until things had gone sideways, with a safety and Cougars touchdown that put the Aztecs behind 19-7 at the half.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Seconds after, Kirk fell sideways in his chair to the ground.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Bitcoin has been trading sideways in recent weeks as other cryptocurrency ecosystems such as Ethereum and Solana take their turns in the spotlight.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
The viewers expressed as much on social media, although not until things had gone sideways, with a safety and Cougars touchdown that put the Aztecs behind 19-7 at the half.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sideways
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When news breaks of developments in the war, the coordination between the media is clear and suspiciously similar.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Those wedding bells sound suspiciously like a Taylor Swift song.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Attackers steal credentials, exploit VPN vulnerabilities and move laterally once inside.—
Steve Riley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The robot can shift laterally, pivot, and swing its paddle with fluidity, reacting to balls traveling up to 5 m/s in less than one second.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sideways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sideways. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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