astride
IPA: ʌstrˈaɪd
adverb
- With one’s legs on either side.
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Examples of "astride" in Sentences
- He was astride his white courser.
- Some dogs astride when sitting on the floor.
- The town sits in a valley astride the Great Dividing Range.
- The village sits astride an ancient ford on the River Derwent.
- The village sits astride the coast road between Mundesley and Bacton.
- Note that even the woman in a gown is riding astride, not sidesaddle.
- Statuette of the young Alexander astride a horse, Begram, Afghanistan.
- Lys is another of the Free Cities that sits astride a series of islands.
- Instead, a cab for the engineer was placed above and astride the boiler.
- The city sits astride the line between North and South Homestead Townships.