sideways

Example Sentences

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The data reveal a curved flow of plasma that appears to be pushed sideways by the surrounding gas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

After four years as an AI leader, Nvidia stock has traded sideways between $165 and $195 since July.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“We were right there and it went sideways fast.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The boys looked down at the floor, up at the ceiling, and sideways at each other, everywhere but at their governess.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood