SIDLE in a Sentence
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21 example sentences for SIDLE, such as:
1. The women sidled up and began to chatter.
2. He sidled out of the alley, smiling slyly.
3. He sidled in and out of a room, to take up the less space.
4. The big constable, very hot and penitent, sidled into the room.
5. He so sidled and twittered and tilted as he hopped on his bush.
2. He sidled out of the alley, smiling slyly.
3. He sidled in and out of a room, to take up the less space.
4. The big constable, very hot and penitent, sidled into the room.
5. He so sidled and twittered and tilted as he hopped on his bush.
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Meanings and Examples of SIDLE
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sidle
v. move unobtrusively or furtively
v. move sideways
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 Why, you liar, I saw you with my own eyes sidle round the corner of the porch and squat in the cape jessamine bush by the wall.
2 After a time he began to sidle near to the youth, and in a diffident way try to make him a friend.
3 But the instant she vanished, Meg began to sidle toward the door, murmuring.
4 Because of Hilda's opposition, she was fiercely on the sidle of the man, she would stand by him through thick and thin.
5 He shot a questioning glance at each of us, placed his shiny top-hat upon the sideboard, and with a slight bow sidled down into the nearest chair.
6 The big constable, very hot and penitent, sidled into the room.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
7 He sidled out of the alley, smiling slyly.
8 The women sidled up and began to chatter.
9 He so sidled and twittered and tilted as he hopped on his bush.
10 The minute after, she had sidled to him, and was sticking primroses in his plate of porridge.
11 He sidled in and out of a room, to take up the less space.
12 The princess nodded to her daughter and sidled out of the room.
13 I saw him through the window, seizing his horse's mane, and mounting in his blundering brutal manner, and sidling and backing away.
14 Kouzma, waked up by her, came sidling sleepily out onto the steps.
15 But, go sidling or go straight, Uncas had seen the movement, and their trail led us on to the broken bush.
Example Sentence:
1 The cat kept running to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening quickly.
2 Tim sidled up/over to the girl sitting at the bar and asked if he could buy her a drink.