Eksempler på sidle

• Catching sight of a faraway candle the creature loses itself behind an opaque and polished fire-screen, behind which it sidles.

• We may fondly believe that our pet cats treat us as special individuals until we see them sidle purring around the next houseguest who feeds them.

• When the coal was taken away, the houses sidled towards the fault, and new ceilings had to be put in.

• Everyone looks embarrassed when they come along, and tries to sidle past them in the corridors.

• His girlfriend sidles up to him, pulls a few petals off, but then leaves him.

• He goes away, but sidles back and has another play with the wool.

• He sidles up to a customer, hoping that she needs a tan and brown terrier.

• The second half essentially replicates the first half (except that the men, now facing out, loop to the left instead of sidling to the right).