beside

Example Sentences

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Saturday, in a lot beside the shuttered Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, a strange set of cars and trucks began to gather.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

She said she had even "pulled over beside the A465 to get the laptop out on the way home from Velindre" to take part in meetings remotely.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Waldorf settled into a small hospital room, her husband glued to the vinyl couch beside her, both reeling from the impending loss of what would have been their second daughter.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

In that bitter January darkness of a Manchester elementary school parking lot, several dozen voters clustered in line beside me to get into the gym just as the polls opened.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Using tarps to make tents and extra shade, we set up a sturdier camp beside the wagon.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes