sideways
Example Sentences
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Tuchel heard about the promotion during one of his bar shifts and it knocked him sideways.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Nereyda quickly turned her phone sideways and hit record.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
National Home Price Index today is expected to show home values continuing to move sideways.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The weekly chart highlights a prolonged sideways trading range between the round $20 and $30 levels.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The plan then called for a mammoth floating crane, as tall as one of England’s largest cathedrals, to hook into the framework and raise it upward and sideways to a position directly above the cradle.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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