How to Use side by side in a Sentence

side by side

adverb

• Be sure to gander at the moon and Jupiter side by side throughout the night.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• The Missouri event marked the first time the Boys and Girls State events were held side by side, at the same time.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
• Was the idea to set up short-term and long-term conflicts that run side by side?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2023
• Step 1: Glue and Cut the Boards Line up four 1-inch x 8-inch x 8-foot boards side by side.
  — Lucy Fitzgerald, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
• The pair did not know each other in Afghanistan but now work side by side at Eli’s.
  — Dia Gill, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
• Early risers may be able to see the moon and bright star Antares side by side.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson are now side by side for the lead!
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
• In April, after a year of fighting side by side, the brothers were split up for the first time.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Because who wouldn’t want to be side by side on set with a man who looks and sounds that fine!?
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Feb. 2024
• Seeing the two side by side in the hours before a game is nothing new.
  — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022
• Hang the shelves side by side, or stack one on top of the other depending on the width of your wall.
  — Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2022
• When the pizza lovers position their arms side by side, the halves form a gooey whole.
  — Leslie Katz, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Each Row contains two answers, side by side, which span the width of the grid and are clued in order.
  — Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• But it is thought to be the first time the two countries’ militaries have fought side by side.
  — NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
• At the city morgue, the bodies of dozens of marines in uniform were laid out side by side in a storage area.
  — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022
• Both the utterly sublime and the mundane were side by side.
  — New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• Life in the country was peaceful: Catholics and Protestants lived and worked side by side.
  — Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
• Then the pieces are arranged side by side in a cast-iron pan in a wreathlike design.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2023
• Due to the smaller footprint, stages sat side by side, and sets didn’t overlap.
  — Mark Gray, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2024
• To be loved by someone who only wants the best for you, walking the trials of life side by side.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2022
• Working side by side with the very Cowboys who taught them the ways of their people and the Qayus - wild horses.
  — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• In the face of this threat, Biden said, the U.S. stood side by side with Israel, and would continue to support it.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
• In the summer months, Shëngjin’s beach fills with lounge chairs and umbrellas packed in side by side.
  — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• Place them long ways, stack them, or place them side by side to keep a larger drawer tidy.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024
• The three plots are side by side in an empty stretch of land adjoining the town cemetery.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• As the show closed, Gigi and Bella (who traded her coat for a red robe) walked side by side.
  — Escher Walcott, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• One weeknight, a friend and I were sitting side by side at the bar, a mess of dishes and drinks laid before us.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023
• Two rows of naked corpses, lying side by side, were ranged along the drift behind the second bulkhead.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• There were a lot of strange paradoxes living side by side.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• It’s not a clear question to put these two categories side by side.
  — CNN, 17 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024