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

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 Fionn cannot see us," Caevo'g objected, and her brow set downwards and her chin set upwards and her mouth squeezed sidewards, so that her face looked like a badly disappointed nut.

From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James

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

From The Crock of Gold by Stephens, James