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Meanings of sidle away in English

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Usage of sidle away in English
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As I approach the children sidle away or melt into the air.
Waiting for the Barbarians
2
I sniff, and decide to stop resisting the urge to sidle away.
The Atrocity Archives
3
I saw you get up from there and sidle away.
Hill girl
4
I ask one person, then another - they all make excuses, and sidle away from me.
Metro 2033
5
Starers of infirm purpose would occasionally detach themselves from the throng and sidle away, ashamed of their fickleness.
The Old Wives' Tale
6
He did not so much "go over to Rome" as sidle away from the Church of England.
Painted Windows / Studies in Religious Personality
7
Should I sidle away?
The Guardian
8
They sidle away and turn their backs on each other in a room, or when travelling creep into the opposite corners of a railway-carriage.
Character
9
Sharp shadows showed, and the horses, pricking their ears, began to dance and to sidle away from it as we passed along its southern edge.
Over Prairie Trails
10
It gleams, and the animal sidles away with a twitch of its tail.
Number9Dream
11
Ronnie Metzger sidles away.
Black house
12
The New Yorker, February 10, 1973 P. 106 He lurks and sidles away out of sight.
The new yorker
13
The reporter lets his camera hang from its strap and, keeping his eyes on Beezer, sidles away from the old shanty.
Black house
14
"You'll admit it is a tradition," said Saulisbury, glad of a chance to sidle away.
Wayside Courtships
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