sideways

Example Sentences

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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

“That’s a harder environment to recognize—and even harder to position for,” he added, describing it as a “slow burn where markets move sideways, but real returns erode.”

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

While this amount of sideways movement is typical for strike-slip earthquakes, the very short duration of the motion stands out as a significant discovery.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

“Bottlenecks,” one person told me, describing how people were being shuffled forward and sideways without clear explanation.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

He shot a sideways glance to one of the doors.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck