Sentence examples for a sort of sideways from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a sort of sideways" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not directly or straightforward, often implying a slant or indirect approach.
Example: "He gave me a sort of sideways glance, as if he was unsure about what to say next."
Alternatives: "somewhat indirect" or "a bit oblique".

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I had heard about Indian head bobbling or wobbling — a sort of sideways nod that in the US could mean "maybe" or "let me think about it".

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A: Sort of.

Passengers would instead watch a television view of the receding earth screened on the back of the seats in front of them, limiting the sort of sideways head movements that exacerbate space sickness.

Turn towards the corner or turn with the brake, the car will slide around sort of sideways.

Viewers will remember the "Lost" ending revealed that in the flash sideways scenes, the characters were in a sort of limbo.

Odenkirk described the process as a kind of sideways improv-comedy exercise.

Raquel Aedo and Emily Coates did a sort of roll-off-a-log duet in which, while delivering a Gertrude Steinish dialogue, they climbed on top of each other sideways and of course fell off, again and again.

"A sort of blank".

"A sort of dream.

A sort of aspic.

A sort of monster.

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