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

Together, the rapid spin and this heavy plasma environment appear to pull the magnetic field lines sideways.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

“That’s a harder environment to recognize—and even harder to position for,” he added, describing it as a “slow burn where markets move sideways, but real returns erode.”

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The truck slid sideways for twenty feet, then came to an abrupt stop against something hard.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith