Just as the first gun is heard, Grey sidles nervously to the front of the crowd as if he were doing something very audacious, and draws Hardy's attention, exchanging sympathizing nods with him, but saying nothing, for he knows not what to say, and then disappearing again in the crowd.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes
Nearer and nearer he sidles up to the group of flies, and now with deliberate purpose and open jaws makes a dash among them.
"My Studio Neighbors"
William Hamilton Gibson
"'Yuba, with his nose still a peaceful gray, turns from the gun an' sidles for the bar; I follows along, thirsty, but alert.
"Wolfville Nights"
Alfred Lewis