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How to use beside in a sentence

40 example sentences · preposition, adverb

Beside means next to; at the side of. Example: “For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.”

Examples of beside by meaning

prepositionNext to; at the side of.

  • A small table beside the bed

prepositionNot relevant to.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.

prepositionBesides; in addition to.

  • I'll need another dictionary beside this one.

More sentences with beside

  • My dear friend, I feel better as soon as you come sit beside my sickbed!From the entry dear
  • As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.From the entry knock down
  • Can't you see it? It's right beside you!From the entry right
  • His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.From the entry fountain
  • We strolled along beside a lazy stream.From the entry lazy
  • His widow was beside herself with grief.From the entry beside oneself
  • An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.From the entry ashen
  • The signs beside the road warned of ice.From the entry signs
  • His many charitable donations are beside the point. They do not make up for the fact that he stole the money to begin with.From the entry beside the point
  • "There was an underpass beside the station which was a difficult area for anti-social behaviour.2026 March 18, Chris Conway talks to Andy Comfort, “The RAIL Interview”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 34. From the entry community
  • Although conspicuous, the flowers of Heuchera are somewhat beside the point.2024 November 12, Jessica Damiano, “There are flowers too? Some plants prized for foliage surprise gardeners with late-season blooms”, in…. From the entry coral bells
  • As u helplessly toddle on stage a stagehand comes up beside the director.2021 April 9, @str8jacker, Twitter. From the entry potty princess
  • The “cascaded heat” is shown by arrows and values indicated outside the boxes and beside the arrows.2020, Xian Wen Ng, Concise Guide to Heat Exchanger Network Design, page 27. From the entry cascaded
  • You fought a good battle, and it was an honour to be there right beside you.2019, "Dedication", in Jennifer P. B. Price, "Testing Construct Redundancy: Resilience, Grit, Hardiness, and Mental Toughness", thesis…. From the entry valar morghulis
  • Beside me is an affable young man who goes by the name of Haz.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security…. From the entry go by the name of
  • Three more beside him, all wearing the unfamiliar blue serge of the Queensland Police Force.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 1. From the entry gunjie
  • "These plumbata make marching difficult," he complained to Claudius, who was marching beside him.2016, Rexford Walker, Strike of Venus, →ISBN. From the entry plumbata
  • A hand floated beside the corpse, waxish white, looking more like a claw than ever.2016, Sigrid Weidenweber, From Gulag to Freedom, →ISBN. From the entry waxish
  • “The attic.” She was looking at the menu board when she heard a snort beside her.2016, Janice M. Whiteaker, Run. From the entry snaughle
  • He got up and grabbed his T-shirt from the neat pile on the chair beside the bed.2016, C.L. Taylor, The Lie, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry neat-freakery
  • Beside her the men left a soft tube of nutrient gel and a carisack of water.2016, Elizabeth Moon, Rules of Engagement. From the entry carisack
  • He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.2015, Rain Trueax, Lands of Fire. From the entry leather
  • Kondric stood beside the skimmer for a moment, looking back at his warriors.2015, Aurora Springer, Grand Master's Pawn. From the entry skimmer
  • Coll swung his big leather bag onto the diesely floor beside the driver's seat.2015, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, →ISBN, page 141. From the entry diesely
  • Beside it, another wooden table with a guestbook penned with names and addresses.2014, L. K. Scott, Nightmare Eve. From the entry pen
  • "Because whoever ends up standing beside me won't be getting the ol' hoverhand.2014, Regan Wolfrom, First Lights, Wolfrom Writes, →ISBN. From the entry hover hand
  • He squeezes onto the metal bleacher beside me and I catch a breezeful of his cinnamony smell.2014 September, Donna Cooner, Can't Look Away, Point, page 263. From the entry breezeful
  • The glass kind, he said when I came up beside him.2013, D. W. Wilson, Ballistics, Bloomsbury. From the entry grandfatherliness
  • He was pure gold, and she wasn't worth a light beside him.2012, Victor Pemberton, Leo's Girl. From the entry gold
  • I set Allie on a cracker barrel beside the counter and told her, “Stay put!”2012, Martha Bennett Stiles, Sailing to Freedom, page 13. From the entry cracker barrel
  • Beside many advantages they provide, meltblowns have limited strength characteristics and poor abrasion resistance.2012, Adel El-Sonbati, Thermoplastic Elastomers, page 247. From the entry meltblown
  • Something rests beside his feet—it may be a demon, dolphin, or merdog.2011, Judika Illes, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints & Sages. From the entry merdog
  • Drgnan suggested, "You might sit beside me instead of on me.2011, M[atthew] T[obin] Anderson, Zombie Mommy, New York, N.Y. […]: Beach Lane Books, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry flirtship
  • His giant pipe drove almost all the way in, pulsing against his fingers beside it.2010, Eric Summers, editor, Teammates, Sarasota, Fla.: StarBooks, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry pipe
  • I drove home with the mystery bag on the seat beside me.2010, Reba D, Facing Forward - a Life Reclaimed, page 22. From the entry mystery bag
  • Douglas got up from the couch, shucked down his pants, and then knelt down beside my mother.2009, Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary. From the entry bubby
  • Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup.2009, Chinle Miller, Desert Rats: Adventures in the American Outback, page 35. From the entry pickup

Meaning of beside

  1. preposition Next to; at the side of.
  2. preposition Not relevant to.
  3. preposition Besides; in addition to.

Full definition of beside

Questions about beside in a sentence

How do you use beside in a sentence?
Beside is used as a preposition and adverb. For example: “For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.”
What is a short sentence with beside?
“A small table beside the bed”
What does beside mean?
Beside means next to; at the side of.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: beside (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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