Example Sentences

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A friendly cat will sidle up to you, tail and ears up, and may treat your leg like a foam roller.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

Occasionally, an especially bold specimen will sidle up alongside a diner lunching outdoors, lean over and steal a French fry from their plate.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022

OSIRIS-APEX will sidle up to Apophis a couple of months after the asteroid’s close encounter with Earth, performing initial reconnaissance before entering orbit around the object in August 2029.

From Scientific American • May 5, 2022

At almost every session, someone will sidle up, curious about a case study: they want to know how what happened at their university came to be known externally.

From Nature • May 15, 2018

Then Bess will sidle around me thinking she can get into the Sans.

From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline