sidle
verb (used without object)
to move sideways or obliquely.
is sidling
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present progressiveof sidle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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That’s a conflict the show is sidling up to crabwise, and I really do wonder what will happen if and when it finally confronts machismo head-on.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2019
The ways in which computation is sidling up to the future reminds me of the old William S. Burroughs line: “When you cut into the present, the future leaks out.”
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017
Florida State is sidling up to some of the best miracle-worker teams of the early century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
Still, there are signs that Argentina is sidling toward some kind of rule of law.
From Time Magazine Archive
She steps to Gormflaith, who is sidling toward the garden doorway, and, taking her hand, leads her to the foot of the bed.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Gordon Bottomley
