How to Use on the side in a Sentence

on the side

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  • These savory roast beef sliders are baked in a casserole dish, and served with au jus for dipping on the side.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • Additional melted or drawn butter can be served on the side, if desired.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • There wasn’t a trail, and Welty headed straight into the low-lying trees on the side of the island.
    — Alie Skowronski, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
  • The players would sit in chairs on the side of a training pitch while staffers outfitted them with a pack around their abdomen and patches on their head.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The durable, wood-like texture is UV- and weather-resistant, and has handles on the side.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • So James Taylor is sitting in the dark, on the side of the stage of the Kennedy Center, just playing along.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2026
  • Other boaters in the surrounding area assisted with flipping the boat, allowing the little boy, who was wearing a life vest, to be seen on the side.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • The first device was placed inside a vehicle parked on the side of the road, while the second was planted inside a garbage container, the news agency said.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • But across the water, toward the finish line, a golden clock surrounded by ivy on the side of Centre Court is just about visible as the sun rises.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The investigation began on July 11, 1990, when a woman on her way to work found a rope on the side of the road, the DA's office said.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • Over the last year, the Labor Department has filed amicus briefs — friend-of-the-court filings that lay out legal arguments for judges — in several class-action lawsuits on the side of the defendant company.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
  • Baltimore Police Gordon was operating a white 2024 Hyundai Elantra with a wide-load sign and stickers with her name and phone number on the side windows.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Lifting a Smithwick's Red Ale, served in one of our six 1952 vintage Notre Dame frosted glass mugs, with the Victory March music and lyrics printed on the side.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Security camera footage shared by a local rescue group, Ruam Jai Mukdahan Rescue Association, shows the monks walking in a single line on the side of a road before the truck crashes into them.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026

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