sideline

Example Sentences

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“I live 3 miles away from the school that I coached at for 20 years, and the last time I went to a game…there was not one kid on the sideline that I knew.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

He is not a demonstrative individual, in news conferences or on the sideline.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Collins came dressed as George Washington, a sideline that he started at Fourth of July celebrations at his church 25 years ago and has continued to this day.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

A well-off grain dealer in those days, with a sideline as an art collector, fragments of his pre-war life survive in the paintings and sculptures by Ukrainian artists dotted around the bunker.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

There was Mike Costello, and there were his father and his brother standing on the other sideline.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor