(from) side to side

idiom

: moving to the left and then to the right

She shook her head from side to side in disagreement.

waving the flags from side to side

He moved side to side on the tennis court.

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Loading your audio article With a mix of ferocity and finesse, three ancient lion costumes sway side to side, shaking their bodies and stomping their feet. —

Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025 The music fills the room, and the golden sways from side to side, moving his head, back and rear in time to the music. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Her eyes dart side to side, eyeing him up, but with the nerves of someone about to melt. —

Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025 Eastern brown snakes, from the genus Pseudonaja, act like a cobra when they are threatened, the sanctuary said, including raising the front of their body and flattening and inflating their neck area while swaying side to side. —

Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for (from) side to side

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