Example Sentences

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The Wart’s heart was thumping, and now the Colonel was sidling toward him along the perch.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

She was sidling, fascinated, toward what was to her the latest in love tokens.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

And indeed, Bentley's mare was sidling and dancing in a manner that would seem to lend truth to the words.

From The Honourable Mr. Tawnish by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund)

You didn't think—say, you didn't think I was sidling up to her, or anything like that?

From The Return of Blue Pete by Allan, Luke

The next-door neighbor, by way of reply, called out to a quiet elderly gentleman who was sidling unobtrusively about, "Duke, are there any particularly snug corners in your house?"

From Dolly Dialogues by Hope, Anthony