sidelong

Example Sentences

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As it happened, the state of the world was addressed, sidelong and directly.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

On the screen was a boy, 11, in blue ear warmers and a jacket, being interviewed by one of the station’s reporters and giving a sidelong look and a sly half-grin.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

For this ambitious session, featuring a sidelong suite and two Coleman originals, the two hornmen temper their outward tendencies by leaning back into their roots of blues and a raucous Pentecostal church gospel.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

And Andrea Riseborough is terrific expressing considerable disdain with just a sidelong glance.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021

Dan Keeler slewed a sidelong stare at Nat.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham