How to Use sidle in a Sentence

sidle

verb

• He sidled up to me and slipped me a note.
• She sidled through the narrow opening.
• She sidled over and whispered, “Do you see that guy?”.
• This is the buildup, with the road sidling through green rolling hills and past grazing cattle.
  — Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
• When Stephen Miller sidles up to the sushi counter, send him a message.
  — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2018
• At Break Neck Hill, the road had enough room to sidle back and forth up the ridge, switchback style.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• But then Kennedy said a man sidled up on the back of the balloon and attacked it with a knife.
  — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2019
• The lithium ions sidle up to the metal atoms at the cathode.
  — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 9 Oct. 2019
• And that sort of set the stage for Erin the entertainer to sidle up next to Erin the speller.
  — Paul Gattis, AL.com, 2 June 2017
• Now make room for the guy who once sidled up to you on a basketball court and blew in your ear.
  — Bill Plaschke, latimes.com, 3 July 2018
• These dishes were made for sharing, so sidle up next to your date and grab a fork.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 15 July 2021
• Time to play a little work-hooky, sidle up to a bar somewhere and take part in an all-too rare joy around here.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2020
• Past mornings have found Mia sidling over to stand eye to eye with Buddy, who greets her with wet licks across her face.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Dec. 2017
• And indeed, late in the night, some of them were out on the street, sidling up to people who walked out with white Supreme bags and offering them cash.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
• Then Logan sidles up to Olson's desk and the two lean over the surface, poring over box plots.
  — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 12 June 2019
• Any and all can sidle up to the saloon counter, push forward an empty glass and demand to be served.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
• Ramirez is sidling next to Trout among the Angels’ best performers this season.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 27 May 2017
• August clucked his tongue and the cat came sidling up, arching its back, rubbing against August’s boot.
  — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
• Dan sidled up to the seafood counter and asked for littleneck clams for his bouillabaisse.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
• Hunter left the defense table and sidled next to them, engaged in an intense chat.
  — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
• This worked perfectly, and now when the Roomba is moving along the side of the sofa, the screws keep it from sidling under and getting stuck.
  — Chris Anderson, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2007
• People worship them, want to sidle up to, bed, or marry them.
  — Laura Kipnis, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
• The spacecraft is scheduled to sidle up to the asteroid in 2018, extend its arm and pull in its cargo.
  — Thomas Heath, The Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2017
• Meeting people over Slack or a Zoom call just isn’t the same as sidling up next to them at an intimate dinner.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 27 Mar. 2020
• Brian McIntire, owner of Precinct, is less impressed as the group sidles up to the door then heads backstage.
  — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• In one moment, Drake sidles up to a family who’s sitting on a ledge.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2018
• Every morning for nearly two weeks, two boats sidle up to the terns’ new floating home.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
• Gone are the days when the sober and the sober-curious had to sidle up to the bartender and whisper their Roy Rogers order in hopes of passing it off as a rum and Coke.
  — Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 11 Jan. 2024
• But once the sun sets, sidle up to the Shore Club's nautical bar to please your eyes and your palate, and to quench your thirst with an island-worthy cocktail.
  — Rana Good, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2023
• Kia claims the four-cylinder Stinger will scoot from zero to 60 mph in a reasonable 5.9 seconds, but those in search of more oomph will want to sidle up to the Stinger GT.
  — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024