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

They’re more like trusty gags that sidle in wearing Groucho Marx glasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025

You all need to sidle up to a person and sit next to them so that the next couple can sit together.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2022

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

In one hall, they had to zig and zag to opposite sides and sidle along the lockers to avoid the security cameras.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

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

Brian McIntire, owner of Precinct, is less impressed as the group sidles up to the door then heads backstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

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

Magic Eye flashes his dark glasses at the general a second, then stands, and sidles to the door.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

I sidled up to the bar with happy hour in full swing, feeling a little nauseated from the heat and mileage.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

One thing that worked in Dos Santos’ favor, Thorrington said, was the number of players who sidled up to say how much they wanted to play for Dos Santos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Back outside, a crowd surrounded the sisters, but held back until one woman sidled up to the pair and whispered “Photo?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 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

Dandy got up and sidled over to me and licked my hand.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

Zenyatta stay removed from the fray, sidling along like an outsider amused by all the foolishness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023

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

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