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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.