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Example sentences for "one side"

  • As the young man put his finger on the button of the camera, Carlton jogged his arm with his elbow, and pushed the enthusiastic tourist to one side.

  • Carlton and Miss Morris went out on to the terrace while this ceremony was going forward, and looked out over the great panorama of waters, with the Sea of Marmora on one side, the Golden Horn on the other, and the Bosporus at their feet.

  • The carriage stopped at the hotel on one side of the public square of Athens, with the palace and its gardens blocking one end, and yellow houses with red roofs, and gay awnings over the cafes, surrounding it.

  • We could look out on one side over a stretch of open country, quietly rich and lovely; on the other, the garden, with tables here and there, far apart enough for privacy.

  • So we made a long skirting voyage, turned the point of the cape which was close by, ran up one side of the triangle at our best speed, crossed over the base where it left the higher mountains, and so back to our lake by moonlight.

  • They leaped like deer, too, with a quick folding motion of the legs, drawn up and turned to one side with a sidelong twist of the body.

  • They patrolled the line and roads through the swamp that night, with lighted torches, and the next day McLean headed as thorough a search as he felt could be made of one side, while Duncan covered the other; but Black Jack could not be found.

  • She screamed wildly and jumped to one side.

  • The Angel drew a deep breath and stood gazing first at one side, then at another, then far down the cathedral aisle.

  • There was a door leading out on one side, but this only led to a little room into which the minister retired before service.

  • The moment afterwards his head inclined to one side; the lights began to swim before his eyes; the voice of the preacher subsided into a low and undistinguishable hum.

  • Slipping his hat to one side in the jaunty manner characteristic of young America, he began to puff very gravely at a cigar the pedler handed him, frequently taking it from his mouth, as he had seen older persons do, to knock away the ashes.

  • As he came up on one side, another boy came down on the other, and crossed the street.

  • Instinctively they reined in, and at the instant Lord Godalming and Jonathan dashed up at one side and Dr.

  • In the midst of this I could see that Jonathan on one side of the ring of men, and Quincey on the other, were forcing a way to the cart.

  • Then he told me to watch at one side of the churchyard whilst he would watch at the other.

  • And the next moment Lady Blakeney, gently pushing mine host on one side, had swept into the coffee-room.

  • She stood on one side whilst he jumped on to Sultan's back, then, as he galloped out of the gates, she waved him a final "Adieu.

  • On one side of the room, high up in the wall, there was a species of loft, before which hung a tattered blue-and-white checked curtain.

  • A minute or two later brother and sister were locked in each other's arms, while the old skipper stood respectfully on one side.

  • I was very fond of Marguerite, and I cannot believe that she ever did anything so wicked.

  • Will you not stay in it awhile; the hour is not yet late, or is my company so distasteful to you, that you are in a hurry to rid yourself of it?

  • In a smaller chamber, facing the top of the fine stairway, the distinguished host stood ready to receive his guests.

  • That he, a plebeian, had dared to love the daughter of the aristocrat; for that he was waylaid and thrashed .

  • His whole attitude was one of intense longing--a veritable prayer for that confidence, which her foolish pride withheld from him.

  • I looked as earnestly as the rest, but perhaps not with so much willingness to be imposed upon; and I said, indeed, that I could see nothing but a white cloud, bright on one side by the shining of the sun upon the other part.

  • These objects were so frequent in the streets that when the plague came to be very raging on one side, there was scarce any passing by the streets but that several dead bodies would be lying here and there upon the ground.

  • One side of the smoking room was entirely of glass, separating it from the conservatory, which was flooded with white light from the electric bulbs.

  • The lawyer closed the door gently behind him, leaned back against it and folded his arms, cocking his head a little to one side.

  • He apparently never spoke to her at all: he would sit for hours with Mary chattering on one side of him and Ole drinking on the other and watch Lena at her work.

  • It was impossible to mistake the scene of the young lady's adventure, for the road runs between the open heath on one side and an old yew hedge upon the other, surrounding a park which is studded with magnificent trees.

  • Then he certainly took a footpath on one side or the other.

  • At one side of the fireplace was a heavy curtain which covered the bay window we had seen from outside.

  • So, by the process of exclusion, we arrive at the fact that he made his way toward Charlington Hall, which, as I understand, is situated in its own grounds on one side of the road.

  • Here, at one side of this wilderness, is Holdernesse Hall, ten miles by road, but only six across the moor.

  • Friend Mitchenor drew to one side, lest his spotless drab should be brushed by the unclean reveller; but the latter, looking up, stopped suddenly face to face with them.

  • Jacob's head was down again, and, moreover, turned on one side, but his ear betrayed the mounting blood.

  • On one side of Prince Alexis the bear Mishka took his station.

  • One side of the bottom edge had been very slightly doubled over in folding, and as I smoothed it out, I noticed some diminutive letters in the crease.

  • A track, open to the field on one side, led us past a clump of deciduous trees, between pastures broken by cedared knolls of rock, down the centre of the peninsula, to the house.

  • Presently the dry wood sent out a flame which illuminated every crevice, and Mary saw that the old man was lying quietly with his head turned a little on one side.

  • Wilfred Bohun was staring at him with a sort of hypnotised horror, while Father Brown listened with his head a little on one side, really interested and attentive.

  • On one side of the house stood the stable, on the other an alley or cloister of laurels led to the larger garden behind.

  • If you can't understand a man being on one side of a wall or the other, I won't trouble you further.

  • After he had listened for a few seconds dreamily, he got to his feet and listened intently, with his head a little on one side.

  • Presently a door in one side of the arena wall was opened to admit a huge, shaggy, bull-like creature.

  • This they wore either supported entirely about the waist by a leathern thong, so that it hung partially below the knee on one side, or possibly looped gracefully across one shoulder.

  • The thag was charging now from one side, and the tarag from the other.

  • One side of the passage was a blank wall, for the building it supported was an old unsuccessful theatre restaurant, now shut up.

  • The only oddity one could fix was that his nose, which was otherwise of a good shape, was just slightly turned sideways at the tip; as if, when it was soft, it had been tapped on one side with a toy hammer.

  • Let us give in to that argument and pass that to one side.

  • He had a skull-cap on one side of his head, with a gold tassel in the top of it, and a gold-headed cane under his arm with more in it than in his head.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "one side" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    hide himself; one and; one corner; one form; one hand; one has; one hundred; one hundred and twenty; one hundred thousand men; one hundred years ago; one instance; one moment; one more; one must; one person; one pound; one sense; one thing; one thousand seven hundred and ninety; one time; one will; one would; one year; recent origin; says one; with water