sidle
verb (used without object)
to move sideways or obliquely.
sidles
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present tense formof sidle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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That’s when one satellite sidles up to another and either fixes it or kills it, depending on whose satellite it is and what day of the week it is.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025
He sidles up, sniffs one of the vehicles, then jumps up and plants two giant paws up on the side of the buggy.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
The team is sighing with relief when Kendall, of WDC, sidles up to Kowalcyk, quietly telling her the man next to Paul asked whether he could go inside, too.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
He wears a terrifying Joker mask, sidles into conversations among neighbors on the street, and then interjects with something random.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2021
I’m jolted back to earth by Simon’s mom, who sidles between Abby and me, clapping her hands together.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
