sidle
verb (used without object)
to move sideways or obliquely.
had been sidling
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past perfect progressiveof sidle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He had been sidling, bit by bit: he had taken himself almost to the door-sill: but under that tone of thunder—under that sudden amazing and cryptic jibe—he started, he faltered, he obeyed.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
