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

He was not looking at her but far away sidewards across the spreading hill.

From The Crock of Gold by Stephens, James

He had turned sidewards and thoughtfully nodded his head.

From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter

She heard him give a little gasp, incredulous and vexed at once; his arms relaxed, the spell snapped, and twisting sidewards she slipped away out of his reach, breathless, triumphant.

From The Man with the Double Heart by Hine, Muriel