sidle
Example Sentences
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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
She will also sidle up to the fence now and then to take in the latest drama going on with the rest of the colony, which now numbers 42.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023
The final launch is to be the lunar lander Starship, which will sidle up to the gas station Starship in orbit and fill up its tanks.
From New York Times • Dec. 11, 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
I walk over and stand in front of him, and I have to tell you, a nervousness manages to sidle up next to me.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
Vocabulary lists containing sidle
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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"To Build a Fire," Vocabulary from the short story
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The Grapes of Wrath
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