How to Use sidestep in a Sentence

sidestep

verb

• She sidestepped the reporter's question.
• They're sidestepping the real issue.
• There are some reasons to believe the Padres can sidestep a case of Dodger-itis.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
• Use brief commands Tantrums can often be sidestepped with commands that are brief, simple, and to the point.
  — Shaun Dreisbach, Parents, 29 June 2023
• Use brief commands Tantrums can often be sidestepped with brief, simple, and to-the-point commands.
  — Shaun Dreisbach, Parents, 23 Jan. 2024
• But in the context of disability, there’s no way to sidestep ableism.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2023
• But our guides are discerning and sidestep the first few crates in search of fresher catch.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2022
• Perhaps the most important part of Wednesday’s win — and sidestepping that three-game slumb — was the timing.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023
• Newsom last month sidestepped pressure to name Lee, saying the role would be temporary.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• This calls for holding the car still with the brakes while building revs, boost, and wheelspin, then sidestepping the brake pedal and burying the throttle.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 14 May 2023
• The Al Yankovic Story has the potential to sidestep that initial stumble.
  — Jesse Hassenger, Chron, 2 Nov. 2022
• The coach walked onto UCLA’s practice field, just days before the big rivalry game, and sidestepped questions about his fate.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• President Biden sidestepped the legal issue, but not the facts as the court determined them.
  — ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
• In many ways, art has been sidestepped for more practical, seemingly quicker ways to get tasks done.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 6 May 2023
• That decision sidestepped the tricky challenge of how to name the options provided by a body type filter.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
• However, plan carefully, and run the numbers, as the tax worry can be real, even for those who can sidestep the tax.
  — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• But there was plenty of filler and a license for much of the night allowing the candidates to evade direct answers and sidestep the issues.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
• In his podcast, Cruz sidestepped the fact that no credible evidence has surfaced that the election was stolen.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
• But even if the reports are accurate and Davis has sidestepped disaster, Golden State should still like its chances Friday.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2023
• The animal sidesteps the vehicle and rushes the man again, giving him a headbutt.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• With telemedicine, patients can sidestep long-distance travel and save money.
  — Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• In June last year, Musk sidestepped the gentle tactics of his colleagues in Big Tech and ordered his white-collar workers back to their desks for a minimum of 40 hours a week.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
• If this sounds like you, then quick: sidestep those uncomfortable feelings by looking at your phone!
  — Skyler Higley, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• Opt for longer, wider collars; spread collars; button-down collars—or sidestep the issue and wear a band-collar shirt.
  — Jamie Waters, WSJ, 30 July 2022
• Horton sidesteps the credit of his team’s success and bites his tongue on the preseason prediction.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2023
• Yet Sunday's Academy Awards didn’t sidestep the labor strife that left its screenwriters and actors out of work for much of 2023.
  — Andrew Dalton and Tim Reynolds, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
• Only having working royals appear on the balcony is a way of neatly sidestepping the challenges that have faced the family for the past few years.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 17 June 2023
• He’s rarely been the type to answer his critics with his words; Taylor prefers to sidestep the details, slip past the dirty laundry and focus his public attention on the future, rather than the past.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
• But might there be a chance to sidestep these standards in virtual reality?
  — Oscar Holland, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
• At the same time, the indictment hints at how Mr. Smith is trying to sidestep legal pitfalls and potential defenses.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024