sidle
verb (used without object)
to move sideways or obliquely.
sidling
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present participleof sidle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Stupnikov was already on the move, sidling up to a group of drivers smoking beside idling vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
There are dozens of courtrooms spread across Floors 12 and 14, and observers and petitioners will bustle in and out, sidling past flocks of press and squads of federal officers.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so you find yourself sidling into a café.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
McCarthy denied sidling up to Burchett and elbowing him in the kidney, just as he denied the "Trump's not eating" story.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2023
“Whatever,” she said, sidling up on the other side of Aileen, taking her other arm.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
