Example sentences for: sideways

How can you use “sideways” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • At least the first three-quarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright spiral and its sideways annexes--traveling up--display one dazzling triumph of eye over reflex after another, some of them iconic by now, others seldom shown and vitally fresh.

  • Mr. Grant, really quite glad of an excuse to dismount, offered his cock to Lydia, who immediately flung a leg over it, explaining that she had put on a frock with pleats on purpose, as she always felt sick if she rode sideways.

  • Large-circulation American newspapers, to be sure, don't market philosophy, except sideways.

  • A story in Classic CD magazine said that when the 53-year-old singer became trapped in swinging doors on the way to a concert and was advised to turn sideways to release herself, she replied, "Honey, I ain't got no sideways."

  • The development of horizontal drilling, where drill bits actually go sideways from a vertical hole in order to extract more oil, has also helped make the exploitation of smaller and less accessible fields cost-effective.


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