A sidelight is a tall narrow window alongside a door. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
"No, the sidelight is too low," Joan answered. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse on Manners] Reference
I can vouch for the truth of another "sidelight," though from only one experience. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour] Reference
An interesting sidelight (maybe) -- re PORGY & BESS. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: An African-American Woman Wrote To Me: The Help Makes Us Look Ignorant & One-Dimensional] Reference
It will serve as a sidelight to our legendary scenes. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
But, for me, it's not -- it's so -- it's a sidelight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2006] Reference
But, for me, it ` s not -- it ` s so -- it ` s a sidelight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2006] Reference
The heat caused a sidelight window next to the front door to break. From Wordnik.com. [Thirsty potted plant exacts fiery revenge on Arkansas homeowner] Reference
Although there is an interesting sidelight to the book publishing field. From Wordnik.com. [Power, The Press & The Technology of Freedom] Reference
The sidelight provided by a low November sun was ideal for her purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Season]
And this sidelight on the character of the dandy gives pause to criticism. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
There is an interesting sidelight on slavery separations in this interview. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
In a sidelight, Hillary's brothers were accepting money to lobby for pardons. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Kaus: Are You Taking Notes Now, George?] Reference
I might include a little sidelight; don't let me wander too far off the track. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Cary J. Allen Jr., April 3, 1980. Interview H-0001. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
And as CNN's Jill Dougherty reports, the summit will be a sidelight in that city. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2003] Reference
She looked through the sidelight and a smile started at the corners of her mouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Taint in the Blood]
The case of Jimmy Stiles did indeed throw a sidelight upon the character of Nickleby. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
The medical opinions of Cato throw a sidelight upon the state of medicine in his time. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Such a sidelight may conjure up the Confederacy a bit too vividly for some vacationers. From Wordnik.com. [An American Mecca] Reference
A sidelight on the fruit of such a plan is often cast in the appreciations of its pupils. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of Catholic Girls] Reference
Moving around the desk, she approached the door and spied on him through the glass sidelight. From Wordnik.com. [Father Christmas]
ROTH: There's a lot of interesting sidelight stories, of course, in all of the debate yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2003] Reference
Conklin peered through the sidelight of the door, then turned the knob, swung the door wide open. From Wordnik.com. [7th Heaven]
Considering their timing, the interviews supply an interesting sidelight to the integration period. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
Here is an interesting sidelight that has happened frequently in regard to the foregoing situation. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis] Reference
However, through Colonel Morrison, we had received many years ago another sidelight on the social status of the. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
But in that exciting moment Nan noted something that afterward gave her a sidelight upon Rhoda Hammond's character. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference
They ` re the real reason we went to Iraq, not weapons of mass destruction, that was good, that was just a sidelight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2006] Reference
KLEIN: Well, from the start, one of the biggest problems with this whole public option debate is that it is a sidelight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2009] Reference
And a somewhat larger bill for the Iraq war, which now seems to be a sidelight to the sticks and stones, nah, nah, nah BS. From Wordnik.com. [Virtually All Republican Senators Vote Against Boxer Reso Condemning Attacks On Military Figures] Reference
A comrade who knew more of her inner life than almost any other, lets in a sidelight upon her association with 'Twice Born Men.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
Fascinating sidelight as war approaches: just how many French, German -- and American -- companies once supplied Saddam with WMD. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Wisdom: War Is Nigh Edition] Reference
An interesting sidelight of the congress was the discussion on certain resolutions in favour of only one language for South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the South African Reich - Chapter 7] Reference
(It is an interesting sidelight on the times that the Fascist commandatore on the ground was Mario Roselli, his elder half-brother.). From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
When spontaneous conversations occurred, the object was to bring an original viewpoint, or novel sidelight, to the discussion at hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
In her capacity of editress Francie had added: “This is surely a curious little sidelight on the nature of our Victorian foremothers.”. From Wordnik.com. [On Forsyte 'Change] Reference
Time was, shopping in Las Vegas was an afterthought, a pallid sidelight to the city's casinos, showgirl revues and all-you-can-eat buffets. From Wordnik.com. [In Vegas, Finding Those Elusive Jimmy Choos] Reference
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