sidle
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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
They’re more like trusty gags that sidle in wearing Groucho Marx glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
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
A friendly cat will sidle up to you, tail and ears up, and may treat your leg like a foam roller.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
Briony had not even been cast as Arabella’s mother, and now was surely the time to sidle from the room and tumble into facedown darkness on the bed.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
At the recently renovated Times Theatre & Public House, Wright sidles up with a pint for conversation and game broadcasts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
He wears a terrifying Joker mask, sidles into conversations among neighbors on the street, and then interjects with something random.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2021
He sidles up to my mom and puts an arm around her shoulders.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
As if on cue, Rudy, my aged Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, gingerly sidled up to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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
A big, middle-aged Irishman sidled past my friend and muttered, “I thought it was bad in Belfast.”
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 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
Gurgi, having finished his meal, sidled over and squatted on a hillock to listen.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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
McCarthy denied sidling up to Burchett and elbowing him in the kidney, just as he denied the "Trump's not eating" story.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2023
Ethan Garbers looks so young, so innocent, as if he should be sidling up to the Rose Bowl concession stand for cotton candy instead of throwing passes on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
After a pause, the girl hopped off her chair and came up to the table, sidling into the chair across from him.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Grade 12, List 6
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