If I tell them, "You're wrong," they will start an eloquent defence, because they are never short of the means of sidestepping.
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri
Then I ducked beneath his outstretched arms, at the same time sidestepping to the right.
"The Gods of Mars"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
For my part, I was fighting as I had fought a thousand times before-now sidestepping a wicked thrust, now stepping quickly in to let my sword's point drink deep in a foeman's heart, before it buried itself in the throat of his companion.
"The Gods of Mars"
Edgar Rice Burroughs