Examples of “beside” in a Sentence

prep Next to; at the side of.

• A small table beside the bed
• Please park your bike beside the fence.
• The children stood beside their teacher for the class photograph.
• She sat beside him on the train.

prep Not related to; off the point.

• That argument is beside the question we're actually discussing.
• Your comment is beside the point, so let us return to the budget.
• Whether he likes cheese is beside the matter we are discussing.