(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.
Examples of (from) side to side in a Sentence
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As the sun drops into the sea and the catamaran sways from side to side, the thumping of the drums rings out across the water.
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Seth Berry, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2024
As Hedwig puts it on and turns side to side, gazing at her own reflection in a mirror, our thoughts inevitably turn to the coat’s prior owner, a woman never mentioned in the film, but almost certainly Jewish and murdered in the camp’s gas chambers on arrival.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Vacuum in two directions, up and down and from side to side, and go slowly.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2024
These videos show people rotating their heads up and down and side to side.
—Frank McKenna, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Seth Berry, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2024
As Hedwig puts it on and turns side to side, gazing at her own reflection in a mirror, our thoughts inevitably turn to the coat’s prior owner, a woman never mentioned in the film, but almost certainly Jewish and murdered in the camp’s gas chambers on arrival.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Vacuum in two directions, up and down and from side to side, and go slowly.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2024
These videos show people rotating their heads up and down and side to side.
—Frank McKenna, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for (from) side to side
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“(from) side to side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28from%29%20side%20to%20side. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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