sidewards
Example Sentences
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"This needs to be a very precise regulatory tool and not a sledgehammer, otherwise it might take football sidewards, or even backwards, rather than forwards."
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023
She swung sidewards, on one wing, and onlookers thought it was a bank; but suddenly there was a roar.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day on walking out with her mother she was looking, child-wise, sidewards instead of in front, and nearly struck a lamp-post.
From Children's Ways by Sully, James
In doing so he released her left arm; she set it against his breast with all her strength, and was now able to turn sidewards and rise to her feet.
From Mary by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne
But just as he'd thought he meet her eyes squarely she turned her head sidewards and directed that bright gaze of hers, as she'd often done before, over his shoulder and away.
From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta
