sidle
/ˈsʌɪd(ə)l/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsʌɪd(ə)l/
sidle
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
sid - le -> sidle
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘But the real danger is when someone whose name you can't remember sidles over and expects to be introduced to whoever you're talking to.’
- ‘Little Johnny's late for school again, and sidles into the classroom just before lunch.’
- ‘Holland's voice is a remarkably supple instrument: her phrasing and the way she sidles up to notes is nearly miraculous.’
- ‘Shortly after my wife left for her evening walk, Zachery sidled up to me furtively.’
- ‘Kael sidled out the room, moving quickly past Mikah on his way out.’
- ‘I trust this lot, with their permanent sidling up to business interests, about as much as I trusted the last lot.’
- ‘She sidled back onto the edge of the backseat, trying to give room for Matt's body to sleep comfortably.’
- ‘When a couple of teenagers sidled up and asked him to autograph their citations for under-age drinking, he regarded it as an honour to oblige.’
- ‘Even though he was fairly sure she couldn't touch him, he sidled to a side wall, trying to keep ahead of her.’
- ‘Your first step onto the revolving disc that holds the tables can be a bit disconcerting and it's easy to get lost as your seat sidles away while you're loading up your plate.’
- ‘Fed up and bored, Owen cast a furtive glance around the customs hall and then sidled over to Bret for a bit of a chat.’
- ‘Richard Gere sidles gracefully into the plush hotel suite, seemingly oblivious of the swarm of activity around him.’
- ‘As soon as he was out of the room, he sidled against the wall, held his breath, and began to listen.’
- ‘One day, sitting outside the venue with a glass of wine, I was conscious of a man sidling over to my table and pleading: ‘I'm trying to get a ticket to Zipp!’’
- ‘As they rode, Miri's horse sidled sideways nervously away from Amniteri, and Miri tried vainly to rein him in.’
- ‘A furtive local sidled up to me holding a pad and a ballpoint.’
- ‘A waiter sidles up, but there is no way to communicate.’
- ‘Not getting the hint when they moved en-mass to the other side of the room, she sidled up to them again.’
- ‘With a ping the shiny doors of the elevators slid open and Jude sidled inside.’
- ‘Coby glanced at me out of the corner of his eye and sidled away a few inches.’
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