sidle

Do they sort of sidle up to you in the elevator and say, “Good job”? Or do they ignore you in the cafeteria and hope that this passes?

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

The man who long ago earned the nickname the Magician for his uncommon knack for political endurance has proved his ability to sidle out of harm’s way — or at least delay severe consequences.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

There, instead of sitting across from Emily, Adam elected to sidle up next to her while they drank their Guinnesses.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022

His acoustic gleam hinges on boundaries, Saturn’s rings hula-hooping Earth as Sun Ra’s tone-science, distributed as sidle, cackle, ballad and soul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

Just then another person tried to sidle through.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

That’s when one satellite sidles up to another and either fixes it or kills it, depending on whose satellite it is and what day of the week it is.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025

He sidles up, sniffs one of the vehicles, then jumps up and plants two giant paws up on the side of the buggy.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024

The team is sighing with relief when Kendall, of WDC, sidles up to Kowalcyk, quietly telling her the man next to Paul asked whether he could go inside, too.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

The property enjoys a hillside perch in the Oaks, a celebrity-filled neighborhood on the west side of Los Feliz that sidles up against Hollywood Hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2021

Since then, he occasionally sidles up to me for a lunch-line chat while he chomps on a basket of cafeteria fries.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Jack, my 15-year-old son, sidled up to me and spoke with uncharacteristic depth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Mehaffeys escorted me past the blinking slot machines and into the pit, where we sidled up alongside a gaggle of players peering over the wheel—watching the silver ball zip along the rim.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

Kingsley went back inside and sidled up to the piano where Mercury was practising - it was a new song with the working title Freddie's Thing.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025

“Hey, handsome,” Blowen called out as he sidled up to his longtime friend that now has only four remaining teeth and spends much of his day napping.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Dicey sidled away from them and went to the swings.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Now it has transformed itself into tumbleweed proper, sidling and bouncing wherever the wind chooses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

There are dozens of courtrooms spread across Floors 12 and 14, and observers and petitioners will bustle in and out, sidling past flocks of press and squads of federal officers.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025

Desperate times call for desperate measures, so you find yourself sidling into a café.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025

Now it’s been sidling tragically toward it: It is closed, and probably unlikely to reopen in the same place ever again.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024

Martin asks, sidling up beside me against the wall.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli