beside

Example Sentences

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Frances Blackwell, the camp’s gatekeeper, called to say water was flowing into her cottage beside the front entrance and she could not open the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Barr interrogated experts from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, crammed in beside top FBI officials around a cheap table.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

As the fighting stretched on, other grieving families asked to bury their dead beside Hassan.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

In the south of the Netherlands, beside a wide estuary, a village of around 1,100 people is likely to disappear from the map.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Kik sat down beside me on the bed and put an arm around me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom