How to Use to the side in a Sentence

to the side

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  • Mora said that, at the end of the day, some people even came to the orchard to pick up the fruit that had been tossed to the side.
    Gary Kazanjian, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • His plan worked, and the bear darted to the side of the road before disappearing back into the woods.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The mood changed a bit when Tab Ramos took a vicious elbow to the side of his head and fractured his skull.
    Gabriel Sama, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • Playfully making a surprised expression at the camera and giving a big thumbs up, the bride-to-be styled her dark blonde hair in a sleek style with her front bangs swept to the side.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.
    Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • He was deservedly sent off after a reckless foul on Pau Cubarsi, before grabbing the referee’s arm and tossing it to the side in indignation.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • He’s expected to be a full participant at the start of training camp after working off to the side with athletic trainers during organized team activities and minicamp.
    Jon MacHota, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The promising young career of Ryan Johnson continued to develop Monday night, but the reality of the last-place club behind him once again pushed that progress to the side in a 6-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park.
    Doug Miller, Oc Register, 30 June 2026

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