sidle
verb (used without object)
to move sideways or obliquely.
were sidling
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past progressiveof sidle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The two men, meanwhile, were sidling along to the side of Hicks, all the while telling him to drop the pistol.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2016
In taverns and coffee shops all over Spain's capital last week, once respectable customers were sidling up to waiters and barkeeps to whisper the cryptic words: "Any orchard chops?"
From Time Magazine Archive
But scores of auditors were sidling through the exits before the Nominee finished adducing details to prove his point.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even Chix Verbil and the other sprites were sidling out from behind their leader.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
In the damper hollows iris bloomed, and the gold and scarlet sword-flowers stood in martial ranks, and gaily-plumaged finches were sidling on overhanging boughs, or dipping and drinking in the shallows.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
