sidewards

Example Sentences

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"This needs to be a very precise regulatory tool and not a sledgehammer, otherwise it might take football sidewards, or even backwards, rather than forwards."

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

She swung sidewards, on one wing, and onlookers thought it was a bank; but suddenly there was a roar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still holding his face, she moved it sidewards, so that his eyes, knowing now what oflice was expected of them, followed the line of decorations about the room.

From At Fault by Chopin, Kate

But the others, intently watching though they were, could not see how a door opened—whether it drew back inwards or rolled in sidewards.

From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

He was not looking at her but far away sidewards across the spreading hill.

From The Crock of Gold by Stephens, James