How to Use sidewinder in a Sentence

sidewinder

noun
  • Vigouroux and sidewinders go back a few years.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • And then there’s the sidewinder, which takes its name from its hypnotic motion.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Mark Canha added a two-run shot against sidewinder Joe Smith in the ninth.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2021
  • This mound of sidewinder fries is topped with bacon, chives and jalapeños, with another bowl of ranch on the side.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
  • The team was now afforded a two-run lead, one the sidewinder promptly surrendered.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Stillwater’s limo ride swaggers a little more with this Zep sidewinder.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 18 Aug. 2020
  • With enough shooting on the floor, Roberson’s own sidewinder jumper becomes much less of a problem.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 26 June 2017
  • In the 13 encounters when rats strutted their stuff in front of sidewinders, the snakes did not attack.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • One of its many predators is the sidewinder rattlesnake, a two-foot long viper weighing in at a little over seven ounces.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The researchers also learned that the speed of a sidewinder’s attack did not correlate with success.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2019
  • There’s nothing wrong with sidewinders, especially in heavy-duty tools.
    — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Among them is a man who a month ago was bitten by a sidewinder rattlesnake near the desert resort city of Palm Springs.
    — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The sidewinder, or the side volley as some like to call it, is the modern way for a goalkeeper to distribute a ball out of the hands.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • That roll is worth ordering, as are the sidewinder fries, like curly steak fries but better, crispy on the outside and super soft and fluffy within.
    — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Take the pomme frites ($14), which are comprised of sidewinders, a cut of potato that is best described as what happens when a curly and wedge fry meet.
    — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 6 June 2018
  • An elbow injury to senior Nick Bassi thrust Gomez into a bigger role and the sidewinder thrived.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2022
  • Others, including the sidewinder and Mojave rattlesnakes, live in areas along the state’s borders.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • Like the name suggests, sidewinder snakes slither to the side, leading with their bodies, unlike other species of snakes that wiggle forward and lead with their heads.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2021
  • There’s a hydraulic rebound control suspension and a sidewinder mode for diagonal crawling.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 31 May 2026
  • As pitches changed, and the footballs themselves changed, and the rules changed too, goalkeepers started to strike the ball out of their hands, or hand in the case of the sidewinder, with far more finesse.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • One day, Garoppolo was throwing sidewinders to slot receiver Trent Taylor.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The pilot fired an AIM 9X sidewinder missile, the same weapon used in the previous instances.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2023
  • But Secor’s data showed that sidewinders could increase their metabolism by almost eightfold — a bigger jump than anyone had seen in any species.
    — Daniel Engber, New York Times, 17 May 2017
  • The message is different for inland dwellers, especially those who plan to go hiking in the backcountry, where Colorado Desert sidewinder snakes are common.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • The most often encountered are the Western diamondback, Western, Mojave, black-tailed and sidewinder, all of which have rattles on their tails that may vibrate when nervous.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
  • To examine the microstructure of sidewinder scales, her team used an atomic force microscope to scan naturally shed snake skins, provided by institutions such as the Atlanta Zoo.
    — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Snakes from a wide variety of habitats and ecological roles — including close relatives of the sidewinder rattlesnake, such as cottonmouths or diamondback rattlesnakes — have these prominent spikes on their bellies.
    — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The McDonnell-Douglas aircraft are single-seat tactical fighters, with armament that includes sidewinder missiles and a six-barrel cannon.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2018
  • Khune, who went on to play 94 times for South Africa, used the sidewinder after being inspired by watching videos of the former Argentina goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • Common rattlesnakes in California include the Mojave, northern Pacific, red, sidewinder, speckled and western diamondback rattlesnakes.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

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