sidled

Example Sentences

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Back outside, a crowd surrounded the sisters, but held back until one woman sidled up to the pair and whispered “Photo?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Kingsley went back inside and sidled up to the piano where Mercury was practising - it was a new song with the working title Freddie's Thing.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

A big, middle-aged Irishman sidled past my friend and muttered, “I thought it was bad in Belfast.”

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2025

“Hey, handsome,” Blowen called out as he sidled up to his longtime friend that now has only four remaining teeth and spends much of his day napping.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

I sidled up next to Millard and slipped my fingers under the page, which was so large that it took both my hands and his to turn.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs