beside
next to; at the side of
How often you will meet it
Rank 582 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 33,379 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- next to; at the side of
beside in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His father walked beside him and they understood each other.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Because, while I was painting it, Dorian Gray sat beside me.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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I found it all forlorn, Crying beside its mother in the storm.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Gervaise, who had cried himself to sleep, lay on a couch beside her.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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But there was something beside all this, that had helped to win Cambyses' favor for the Athenian.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1