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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
The captions take the original scene and apply it to situations where things seem totally normal at first — but go sideways the second the saxophones kick in.
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
That’s something that has been missing during a season that has gone sideways.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026
He had been sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of convenience-store owner Kenneth Meers in a robbery gone sideways.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
When the season went sideways, Karaban often blamed himself.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
That’s something that has been missing during a season that has gone sideways.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026
He had been sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of convenience-store owner Kenneth Meers in a robbery gone sideways.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
When the season went sideways, Karaban often blamed himself.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sideways
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sideways
Adverb
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Player news becomes national news, entire communities grind to a halt to watch games, and shops post unusual hours that suspiciously align with the match schedule.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
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Lolita feels like a suspiciously low lift for advanced seminar.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Wang is an extraordinarily mobile player for his size, with impressive skating technique through his inside and outside edges laterally and flowing mechanics going north or back to pucks.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Well, for starters, in environments where space is constrained, such as industrial sites, dense urban areas, or indoor facilities, the ability to move laterally without tilting greatly reduces collision risk.—
Etiido Uko
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Bianco also obliquely referred to attacks Hilton has lobbed against the sheriff on the campaign trail.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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While López-Owens refers obliquely to Sweeney Bell, the clerk's other Democratic challenger attacks directly.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Sideways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sideways. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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