sideways

Example Sentences

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Now, engineers are looking sideways and digitally to create a new kind of interconnected urban area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“We were right there and it went sideways fast.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Recessions are generally characterized, in the first instance, by the substitution of a sudden, sharp, upward movement in the unemployment rate for a gradual downward or sideways movement.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Their findings show that the fault moved sideways by 2.5 meters in just 1.3 seconds, reaching a top speed of 3.2 meters per second.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

He dipped his left arm down and spun away, sideways, down low, and then up again.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell