How to Use side by side in a Sentence

side by side

adverb
  • Is there room to do that side by side?
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 May 2026
  • But sitting side by side is not one of them.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There were two teams side by side and six handles.
    — Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
  • That equals roughly three full moons placed side by side.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
  • In film, as in life, both things exist side by side.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • And there lay all four of them, there side by side on the table.
    — CNN, 26 June 2020
  • For the bed frame, roll up two logs, side by side and about 3 feet apart.
    — Popular Science, 28 May 2020
  • The husband and wife sit side by side, hand in hand, their eyes shut.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Three young girls were buried side by side, two of whom were likely cousins.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Still side by side after 26 years.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Was the idea to set up short-term and long-term conflicts that run side by side?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2023
  • That was our first challenge of getting them both in side by side.
    — Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 20 June 2025
  • Griffith and his son were side by side on the couch, grinning.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Compare prices, speeds and service types side by side.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Today, like the days of the cattle drives, the pair work side by side.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Protests here have been dense, with a sea of people marching side by side.
    — Elizabeth Depompei, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2020
  • Colony of salps, a type of sea squirt, living side by side in a spiral.
    — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 8 June 2021
  • See those two sharks that are kind of off on their own, side by side, in the upper right?
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 17 July 2021
  • The three pieces sit side by side, spot-lit, with plenty of elbow room.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Look for stalls selling falafel, dosas, bao and tacos, often side by side.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • Transfer them to a gratin dish of a size to just hold them, arranged side by side.
    — Rebecca White, Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Later, the dead were laid in rows of white sheets, side by side, on the highway.
    — Fox News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Now, the cat and dog duo can spend all their time playing and snoozing side by side.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • So the numbers are, just maybe not as telling when looking at the two teams side by side.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Instead of the letter m, scammers place r and n side by side.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Seeing the two side by side in the hours before a game is nothing new.
    — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022
  • Two more Avicii tracks appear side by side on the same ranking as well.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Over, there’s also Split View, where two apps are side by side.
    — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Enter one prompt and compare outputs side by side.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 30 May 2026
  • Be sure to gander at the moon and Jupiter side by side throughout the night.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023

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