When someone sidles up to you, beware of their motives. From LearnThat.org.
The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Did they kind of sidle up to you and go, So, you're turning 50?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
As I sidle in, she advises me they have a request. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
It was a relief to sidle into the sanded practice room. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Elizabeth travel round the doorway and sidle into the room. From Wordnik.com. [Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel] Reference
I've had him sidle up to me with that sort of soft voice. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At Earle High School In Arkansas] Reference
Eventually I was able to sidle up to a pump and fill the tank. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Your Tongue, Young Man] Reference
Pao-yü had no help but to sidle against the door and walk in. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The cadet was only too happy to sidle back to the festivities. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
They yawn and sidle along for a while, then suddenly leap again. From Wordnik.com. [IS THIS BULL FOR REAL?] Reference
But they eye her suspiciously and sidle away when she approaches. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
It took Hammett a quarter of an hour to sidle his way off of the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
It's not like they can sidle up alongside and fly in formation, however. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2003] Reference
Her back is turned and you have this itch to sidle up and undo her halter. From Wordnik.com. [The Jaws of Life] Reference
The dust bunnies sidle up to the base boards and multiply under the couch. From Wordnik.com. [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference
Maybe I'll sidle up to him after we pass York and persuade him to defect. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Cable strikes again] Reference
The yeast equivalent of a boy will sidle up to the yeast equivalent of a girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Edge: Finding Our Inner Fish] Reference
A sidewards sidle of about 10-15 centimeters and he'd be down on the sidewalk. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Okay, I sidle up alongside the red truck, keeping on the side away from the grouse. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Between us, vendors in rowboats would sidle up, advertising crepes or ice cream bars. From Wordnik.com. [Jasmine Moy: Rest and Relaxation: Cruise Along Turkey's Southern Coast] Reference
As the sun rises over the Ohio Turnpike, I sidle beside her to learn about the family. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Wait for a Long Drive] Reference
At this, I saw the other man sidle away, trying to get the captain between him and us. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
There was no room to sidle past them and back to the tower; if I tried I knew I'd fall. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
Republicans liked to sidle up to you and say 'he won't do you any good, he's a rich kid'. From Wordnik.com. [Report: Obama Takes "Dig" At Edwards' Trial Lawyer Past] Reference
Facing the wall and using my hands so steady myself, I could sidle up into welcome dryness. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
She released Ivradan with a jerk that made his pony lunge and sidle, and ran toward the sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
Or else a strange man in a black trenchcoat would sidle up to him and hand him a slip of paper. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
Whenever she'd sidle up to him, he'd try not to smell the new sharpness inside her familiar fragrance. From Wordnik.com. [Prickly Heat] Reference
Miles O'Brien, sidle back up to that bar there, but just make sure you don't drive home in a gas guzzler. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2007] Reference
The track lay smooth before them, and the horses began to sidle and dance directly their hoofs touched it. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
During lunch, he'd sidle up to the popular boys 'table and say in a high-pitched voice, "Mind if I sit here?". From Wordnik.com. [Young, Gay and Murdered] Reference
An 'I tole Cap'n that I've got kind o' superstitious 'bout them boats as make a near call an 'then sidle off. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Now, Gadabout began to sidle toward the port bank of the river as our next harbour, Chippoak Creek, was on that side. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
And what was interesting was some of the most luridly anti-monarchist editors were only too pleased to sidle up to the queen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2002] Reference
The optional Advanced Parking Guidance System (APGS) enables parallel-parking-challenged drivers to safely sidle up to the curb. From Wordnik.com. [New Lexus LS helps park itself] Reference
He certainly was not loitering near a chop suey counter waiting for a mysterious woman to sidle up and pass him a brown paper sack. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Silence: Intro] Reference
From the Upper Loire it is easy to slip into the branching valleys which sidle away from it far down into the country of the Auvergne. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
We pulled up, and the two horses began to sidle and prance, and throw up their heads so that we could not indulge in a bit of conversation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
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