beside

Example Sentences

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Makaziwe, Mandela's only daughter with his first wife, welcomed the Supreme Court's judgment, blasting the heritage agency for presuming "to know my father's last wishes better than those who were beside him at the end - his family".

From BBC

“A country’s status—ally, rival or neutral—is irrelevant beside the fundamental question of its utility.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Concerns over the scale of illegal waste activity hit the headlines at the end of last year when approximately 20,000 tonnes of waste was dumped illegally on a field beside the A34 at Kidlington in Oxfordshire over a period of several months.

From BBC

They are asserting ownership of their country, with young people raised under repression standing beside elders who remember freedom.

From Salon

She sat down beside Natalie and put an arm around her, letting Natalie cry into her shoulder.

From Literature