Get to know Sidewinding better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Sidewinding meaning
present participle and gerund of sidewind
Using Sidewinding
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of sidewind
Context around Sidewinding
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sidewinding
- In this selection, "sidewinding" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, antic, use, prose and snake stand out and add context to how "sidewinding" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include evidence that sidewinding is associated and his antic sidewinding prose with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sidewinding" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sidewinding
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that sidewinding is associated with the sand being hot. (17 words)
The static nature of the contact points can be shown from the tracks of a sidewinding snake, which show each belly scale imprint, without any smearing. (26 words)
Concertina main When push-points are absent, but there is not enough space to use sidewinding because of lateral constraints, such as in tunnels, snakes rely on concertina locomotion. (29 words)
Carey colors his antic, sidewinding prose with place names (“Lambing Flat,” “Footscray”), slang (“chook house,” “hoons”) and fauna (“currawong,” “brumby”) that use the fabric of language itself to evoke this 1950s Australia. (32 words)
Concertina main When push-points are absent, but there is not enough space to use sidewinding because of lateral constraints, such as in tunnels, snakes rely on concertina locomotion. (29 words)
The static nature of the contact points can be shown from the tracks of a sidewinding snake, which show each belly scale imprint, without any smearing. (26 words)
Example sentences (4)
Carey colors his antic, sidewinding prose with place names (“Lambing Flat,” “Footscray”), slang (“chook house,” “hoons”) and fauna (“currawong,” “brumby”) that use the fabric of language itself to evoke this 1950s Australia.
Concertina main When push-points are absent, but there is not enough space to use sidewinding because of lateral constraints, such as in tunnels, snakes rely on concertina locomotion.
Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that sidewinding is associated with the sand being hot.
The static nature of the contact points can be shown from the tracks of a sidewinding snake, which show each belly scale imprint, without any smearing.