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

I mean, for instance, your knights move sidewards or backwards, and we are often caught by it, because our knights move only forwards.'

From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Suyematsu, Baron Kencho

Down to the city they went dancing and singing; among the streets and the shops telling their sunny tale; not heeding the malignant eyes and the cold brows as the sons of Balor looked sidewards.

From The Crock of Gold by Stephens, James

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