Many sports demand that a player move laterally while facing the opponent. From LearnThat.org.
The body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a lateral view. ,a lateral move. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May. From Dictionary.com.
Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following.". From Wordnik.com. [Road sign spanish] Reference
The beak is flattened laterally, that is, in a plane at right angles to that of a spoonbill or duck. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Usually, for the same wing spread, the monoplane is narrower, laterally, which is a further aid to prevent tilting. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes] Reference
Perhaps towards those regions the action of the crevice extends laterally, which is believed to cross the neck of granitic land between. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
This bottom is adjustable both vertically and laterally. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Styles are free with plumose stigmas, laterally exserted. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Styles are short, with plumose stigmas and laterally exserted. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
To prevent the prison yard feel, think laterally about decorative objects. From Wordnik.com. [Homes: Big ideas for small backyards] Reference
Split their functions vertically, laterally, by their choice or by rotation. From Wordnik.com. [International Letters] Reference
Styles short diverging from the base, with short stigmas laterally exserted. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The Diamondback's Knucklebox suspension is laterally stiff, with asymetric chainstays. From Wordnik.com. [Sin City Skinflint, day 2: More of Interbike’s (somewhat) affordable bikes] Reference
When it bursts the full force of the explosion is distributed downwards and laterally. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Coughlin also said the 6-foot-4, 264-pound Jacobs spent too much time running laterally. From Wordnik.com. [Brandon Jacobs Throws Helmet Into Stands (VIDEO)] Reference
Styles are distinct with plumose stigmas exserted laterally near the apex of the spikelet. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Most vehicles do not spin nor move laterally in such a way, raising the possibility of other risks. From Wordnik.com. [Smart ForTwo crash test results and video] Reference
One sac, 1, projects from the summit of the bladder; another, 2, containing a stone, projects laterally. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The second glume is as long as the first, thinner, with a median keel, laterally compressed, awned or not. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The superior extremity of the tibia shows a central spine margined laterally by rather plain articular faces. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Something else I approve of: having a punt returner whose signature move is not "run laterally, then fall down.". From Wordnik.com. [Brandon Banks does the John Wall Dance] Reference
In b, Fig. 1, the canal is contracted laterally by a prominent fold of the mucous membrane at the opposite side. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
A vibrating arm advances the slugs laterally in the galley, assembling them in column or page form ready for use. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
I have seen a creature of this or a nearly allied species moving laterally through the air of a room in this way. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
The level of the aortic bifurcation corresponds with the situation of the navel in front, and the crista ilii laterally. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
In this case, therefore, the disunion must have taken place laterally, and not from apex towards base, as is most common. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Just within is a V-shaped opening that is limited laterally by the folds of the laryngeal mucous membrane, the vocal chords. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
In the infant, the larynx is of such small size, as scarcely to stand out beyond the level of the vessels, viewed laterally. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Both nasal fossae are open anteriorly and posteriorly; but laterally they do not, in the normal state of these parts, communicate. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The spikelets are small, 1-flowered, laterally compressed, sessile, alternately 2-seriate and imbricate on one side of the rachis. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
But he moved laterally within the governmental hierarchy for nearly two decades until Hu lifted him to the top of his home province. From Wordnik.com. [Beijing Battle] Reference
The reason is that it grows naturally on those bottomless places; the root goes down till it strikes water, then runs off laterally. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
The gouge is manipulated in much the same way as the chisel, and like the chisel it is used longitudinally, laterally, and transversely. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
But it can drill laterally, sight unseen, for nearly a mile – a reach that could lengthen as drilling technology improves, Zavadil said. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Barret Corp. Gets OK To Drill UNDERNEATH Protected Land] Reference
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