"Sidle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... plague of fleas. Father writes: "'Timber' has had every hair upon his body cut off because of the fleas, and he looks like the ghost of a drowned dog come out of a pond after a week or so. It is very awful to see him sidle into a room. He knows the change upon him, and is always turning-round and round to look for himself. I think he'll die of grief; it is to be hoped that the ...
— My Father as I Recall Him • Mamie Dickens
... road which leads to Wytham Village, but as he spoke they were turning off into a large field to the right, across which a turfy track led gradually up to the woods from which they had come. The track lay smooth before them, and the horses began to sidle and dance directly their hoofs touched it. Mildred did not answer his remarks, except by a ...
— The Invader - A Novel • Margaret L. Woods
... dozing, he knows you are ill; But he will sidle up, just to say, As he crowds his gay person on half of your chair, 'Well, ...
— Ship-Bored • Julian Street
... the foot-bridge one clear morn, She in the garb by village lasses worn; He, with unbutton'd frock that careless flew, And buskin'd to resist the morning dew; With downcast look she courtsied to the ground, Just in his path—no room to sidle round. ...
— Wild Flowers - Or, Pastoral and Local Poetry • Robert Bloomfield
... which ought to have emanated in the first instance from herself as the only lawful authority, or which should at least have been on no account proclaimed without her sanction and concurrence, was not so easily appeased. She continued to sidle at Mr Chuffey with looks of sharp hostility, and to defy him with many other ironical remarks, uttered in that low key which commonly denotes suppressed indignation; until the entrance of the teaboard, ...
— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens |
