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• These videos show people rotating their heads up and down and side to side.
  — Frank McKenna, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• Vacuum in two directions, up and down and from side to side, and go slowly.
  — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2024
• As the sun drops into the sea and the catamaran sways from side to side, the thumping of the drums rings out across the water.
  — Seth Berry, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2024
• The figurines, outfitted with a headset, five o’clock shadow and McVay’s trademark hair spike, could be made to nod up and down, and side to side.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
• The pedal on the left rocks side to side and is used to turn the mech.
  — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
• In the video, the pair waved their hands in the air and popped their hips from side to side.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• With that, the crack filler just needs to stretch from side to side at the top of the crack to stay in place.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Pick up the box and tilt it from side to side, so the marble rolls around.
  — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
• This will help keep the unit from moving from side to side.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2024
• The constant movement of the ship — the whole ship was moving from side to side.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 19 June 2024
• Pour in the egg mixture and shake the pan slightly from side to side to even out the mixture.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
• There are deeper muscles that move the jaw from side to side.
  — Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
• The adorable penguin flaps its flippers and dances, bobbing from side to side.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
• As the crowd cheered, the singer wrapped his arms around the young fan and swayed side to side during the instrumentals of one of his tracks.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
• With its front two paws in the air, back erect, the creature looks from side to side across a crowd of zoo visitors.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• Wipe the inside of windows from side to side, and the outside of windows from top to bottom.
  — Kathy Barnes, Country Living, 28 Feb. 2023
• Trainor counts her off with a simple enough three-parter: side to side, body roll, throw it back.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2022
• Move your toes, bend your knees slightly, move your upper body and head from side to side and lift your arms.
  — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2024
• Brush first with up-and-down strokes, then go side to side to ensure even coverage.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• The Kylie Skin founder winked at the camera and shared a pout before shaking her head from side to side and tousling her hair.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
• Needham was also fast from side to side, stuffing all the short passes to the perimeter.
  — Keith Pearson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• With a frown, the man bobbed his head side to side noncommittally.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• Victor also has eyes that blink, a tilting head and a torso that moves from side to side.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
• Emily's movements include eyes that blink, a head that tilts and a torso that moves side to side.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
• My surgeon removed a chunk of my back that was 6 inches side to side, 3 inches up to down, and an inch deep.
  — Amy Norton, SELF, 22 July 2024
• But Nixon kept looking from side to side, addressing the reporters in the studio.
  — Bill Newcott, National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2020
• The bike's gas tank has a pair of bars attached to it that don't allow for any upward movement, but are free to move side to side.
  — New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2024
• The camera swivels from side to side, hardening the sense of his being under siege, and the movement prompts two thoughts.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
• James Crumbley shook his head from side to side as each guilty verdict was read.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
• Gently sway from side to side, reconnect with your emotions, and let go of all the worries of work.
  — Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024