beside

[bɪˈsaɪd]

Definition:
1. Next to or at the side of something.
2. Compared with.

Use 'beside' in a sentence:

• 1. A black Mercedes screeched to a halt beside the helicopter.
• 2. Bessie, resplendent in royal blue velvet, was hovering beside the table.
• 3. The room was empty apart from one man seated beside the fire.
• 4. Sit here beside me.
• 5. I went and stood beside him, looking over his shoulder.
• 6. He went and sat beside her.
• 7. The mirror clouded beside her cheek.
• 8. Her own problems paled into insignificance beside this terrible news.
• 9. She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.
• 10. Teacher: Write 5 and beside it another 5!
• 11. The horse reared, throwing its rider and knocking down a youth standing beside it.
• 12. She skipped happily along beside me.
• 13. She slipped her hand into his and fell into step beside him.
• 14. She rests beside her husband in the local cemetery.
• 15. Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband.
• 16. He knelt beside her and caught her hand in both of his.
• 17. I moved from behind my desk to sit beside her.
• 18. On the table beside an empty plate was a pile of books.
• 19. Mary walked beside the chair.
• 20. Rob had latched onto me. He followed me around and sat beside me at lunch.
• 21. The village lies beside a main road, making it an easy target for bandits.
• 22. You have to line the car up with the ones beside you.
• 23. Beside the entrance to the church, turn right.
• 24. He was beside himself with rage when I told him what I had done.
• 25. He is sitting beside her on the sofa.
• 26. She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.
• 27. Dummy patrol cars will be set up beside motorways to frighten speeding motorists.
• 28. Mary sat beside Elaine, who today seemed excitable.
• 29. Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point.
• 30. The room was empty aside from one man seated beside the fire.
• 31. There is an area of scrub and woodland beside the railway line.
• 32. He ended up hunkering down beside her.
• 33. George was laid to rest beside his parents.
• 34. He caught her up and fell into step beside her.
• 35. He sat beside her all night.
• 36. He hunkered down beside her.
• 37. He crouched down beside her.
• 38. She kneeled down beside him.
• 39. He reached into the cardboard box beside him.
• 40. Yes, I know it was an accident, but that's beside the point.
• 41. These words are carved on the stone beside his grave.
• 42. We had a picnic beside the river.
• 43. I found a place to park beside a station wagon.
• 44. A brass plate beside the door said 'Dr Alan Tate'.
• 45. A large stone landed right beside him.
• 46. The mutilated bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line.
• 47. The road ran beside a railway.
• 48. An assistant sat typing away at a table beside him.
• 49. The dog loped along beside her.
• 50. He felt something move beside him.