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 Bottomley, Gordon