How to Use sidekick in a Sentence

sidekick

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  • What about Art’s sidekick, the creepy, pale girl (played by Amelie McLain)?
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Young is the head of the Hawks' snake but Capela has emerged as a productive sidekick.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • This white marble board and slicer is just the sidekick any cheese-lover needs.
    — Liv Birdsall, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Anaya played bully Scut Farkas’ sidekick, Grover Dill, in the movie.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2023
  • But for better or worse, Yang’s sidekick days seem to be over.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • In the 50th minute, Cincinnati tied the game on a sidekick from Jada Moorman.
    — cleveland, 13 Nov. 2020
  • That’s the basic idea here, tracking the journey of a man who has been a sidekick his whole life and now has to lead the way.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
  • But before Mario’s beloved dino sidekick can hatch, the movie fades to black.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The krewe, which was named for both the shaggy sidekick in the Star Wars movie series and the Uptown superkrewe.
    — Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • She is best known as the sidekick of Howard Stern and a co-host of his long-running talk radio show.
    — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Knoxville will voice Bobby Ray, Elvis’ not-so-smart best friend and sidekick.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Quan played Short Round in the Spielberg film, Indy’s sidekick.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
  • That will have to change as his sidekick corner Chidobe Awuzie is out for the season.
    — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The duo played a genius mouse and sidekick in the animation series Pinky and the Brain.
    — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Care and Maintenance Tips Take good care of your robe and your robe will be your trusty sidekick for years to come.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Even the name, Dumbarton, sounds like the sidekick to the villain in a Disney movie.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 July 2022
  • And yet Trump won’t even pay the legal bills of Giuliani, his loyal sidekick.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Yoshi turned out to be an excellent and adorable sidekick.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022
  • Every Butch needs a Sundance, though — not a sidekick, but a co-hero, maybe even a bit of a rival.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022
  • And now here is Molina leading the charge again, bringing along a new sidekick.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Here was the Jayson Tatum who can pick up a game and spin it on his finger, and the Jaylen Brown who can be a talented sidekick.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In one of the day’s best demos, Google executive Aparna Pappu showed off the sidekick in Docs.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 12 May 2023
  • As part of the Milestone superhero universe, Rocket is the sidekick to the hero Icon.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • If Paul Bunyan had a panfish sidekick, this would be it.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2022
  • It’s time, though, that these showpieces start sharing the spotlight—and credit!—with their sidekick: grout.
    — Sarah Baird, Good Housekeeping, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Clayton would morph from mentor to something of a sidekick to the rising star.
    — Ryan H. Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • That left the sidekicks to wrap up another win for yours truly.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The catchphrase seems to embody how most people feel about their trusty sidekick that doesn’t leave their sight.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Bart auditions for the role of the hero’s sidekick, Fallout Boy, but loses it to Milhouse, who’s an inch taller.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • So don’t be a Christmas Scrooge and ignore your neurological sidekick.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

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