SIDE in a Sentence

Learn SIDE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

406 example sentences for SIDE, such as:

1. Lilacs grew against the side wall.
2. They stood side by side examining it.
3. Glasgow is on the western side of Scotland.
4. I found myself on Gatsby's side, and alone.
5. He was driving on the wrong side of the road.

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 Meanings and Examples of SIDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
side
 n.  an extended outer surface of an object
 n.  an edge or border of something, a place next to something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  In its deep gloom we sat down side by side on a wicker settee.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  They came to the door with me and stood side by side in a cheerful square of light.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  They stood side by side examining it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  I think he was afraid they would dart down a side street and out of his life forever.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  I got to West Egg by a side road," he went on, "and left the car in my garage.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  When I passed the ashheaps on the train that morning I had crossed deliberately to the other side of the car.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
7  I found myself on Gatsby's side, and alone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  Her hand, which dangles over the side, sparkles cold with jewels.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  No sensible man, it was confessed, could doubt on which side the victory would turn.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
10  They sat down again, side by side, and hand clasped in hand, on the mossy trunk of the fallen tree.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
11  Yonder she is, standing in a streak of sunshine, a good way off, on the other side of the brook.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
12  Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
13  Little Pearl, meanwhile, had quitted her mother's side, and was playing at her own will about the market-place.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
14  The street and the market-place absolutely babbled, from side to side, with applauses of the minister.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
15  The road ran by the side of the lake, which became narrower as I approached my native town.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
16  The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.
17  The treatment has some unfortunate side effects.
18  I was standing by the side of the road, so the accident happened under my very eyes.
19  While the front door is being repaired, please use the side entrance.
20  Lilacs grew against the side wall.
21  When the bag is folded flat, the bag bottom overlaps one side of the bag.
22  In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.
23  Glasgow is on the western side of Scotland.
24  A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.
25  There was a cycle path running along this side of the wall, right at its base.
26  He was driving on the wrong side of the road.
27  At the beginning of the film, the camera zooms in to show two people sitting by the side of a river.
28  The left brain controls the right-hand side of the body.
29  Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.
30  The right side of my brain had been so severely bruised that I was comatose for a month.