sidle
verb (used without object)
to move sideways or obliquely.
have sidled
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present perfectof sidle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Any canny paceman would have sidled up to his captain with the words "this pitch is not as green as it looks" but maybe young England aspirants are not permitted such cagey thoughts.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2013
Newcastle and Wolves have sidled up to Glenn Whelan and asked if they can buy him a Babycham and a bag of dry roasted.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2011
I have sidled, tiptoed, pussyfooted, perhaps even slunk.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Pépe would have sidled away, Melchardo bade him keep close.
From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming
When the storm is ended shall we find How softly but how swiftly they have sidled back to power By the favour and contrivance of their kind?
From The Years Between by Rudyard Kipling
