astride
adverb
\ ə-ˈstrīd
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Definition of astride
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: with one leg on each side : astride a horse
she rode astride, not sidesaddle
2
: with the legs stretched wide apart
standing astride
astride
prepositionDefinition of astride (Entry 2 of 2)
Examples of astride in a Sentence
Preposition
She was sitting astride a horse. The town lies astride a narrow river.Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
Do guests even have to like horses, much less get astride one? — Janet Fullwood, The Mercury News, "Arizona getaway: Dude ranches, horses and Wild West adventure," 26 Aug. 2019 One, George Washington astride a horse, is burned in profile into a wooden surface, glass vessels tumbling to the floor. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Getting real in a stirring show at Mass MoCA," 13 June 2019 Debt problems in Hunan, a rich agricultural area astride important transport routes, aren’t as egregious as many northern and western provinces saddled with resource and rust-belt industries. — Chao Deng, WSJ, "China Rebukes Local Officials Over Debt Pile," 17 Sep. 2018 The base lies astride important shipping routes that fuel the Chinese economy and gives China an important presence into Africa and the Middle East. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Satellite Images Spy China's First Overseas Military Base," 9 Nov. 2017 Larry Page, one of the co-founders of Google, has put his money into several such projects, including the Kitty Hawk Flyer, which the rider sits astride much like a flying motorcycle. — The Economist, "Free as a birdPassenger drones are a better kind of flying car," 8 Mar. 2018 That seems so quaint today, with Amazon in the cloud, a major defense contractor, astride high-tech. — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, "‘Amazon Effect’ goes far beyond business," 9 Sep. 2017 Toward the art museum at Eakins Oval, a monument of George Washington astride a horse stands atop a fountain portraying Native Americans and animals. — Kristen De Groot, The Seattle Times, "Philadelphia fetes Benjamin Franklin Parkway as it turns 100," 3 Sep. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition
The base sat astride the termini of the Ho Chi Minh and Sihanouk Trails, near Nui Ba Den, the Black Virgin Mountain, an area that saw nearly continuous combat, up to and including the Cambodian invasion of May-June, 1970. — courant.com, "Community News For The Manchester Edition," 11 Sep. 2019 The 12-foot-tall stainless steel statue outside the Waukegan Public Library depicts Bradbury astride a rocket ship while holding a book. — USA TODAY, "Burro bandits, sugarcane shake-up, naked bike ride: News from around our 50 states," 26 Aug. 2019 Henry Kuiper was a dairy farmer for 25 years who turned to corn, soybeans, wheat and barley on land astride what now are two major highways in Racine. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, "Henry J. Kuiper, farmer and father of three broadcasters, dies at 94," 16 Aug. 2019 If nothing else, the Greens now sit astride Europe’s latest culture war. — Katrin Bennhold, BostonGlobe.com, "Greens are the new hope for Europe’s center. For the far right, they’re enemy number one.," 14 July 2019 The latest flooding has prompted residents and state officials to revive calls for a massive federal hydraulic pumping project near the metal gates that now sit astride the Steele Bayou. — Rory Doyle, New York Times, "Where Floods of ‘Biblical Proportion’ Drowned Towns and Farms," 30 July 2019 Mere-Eglise and astride the main communications linking Cherbourg with the rest of France. — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, "YANKS TAKE TOWN NEAR CHERBOURG," 9 June 2019 In one brief segment of the show, a trainer emerges from the water astride two dolphins, her legs perched on their snouts. — Sam Hodgson/the San Diego Union-tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, "PETA’s latest demand: End ‘circus-style’ dolphin shows at SeaWorld," 5 June 2019 One by one the others followed, the infants riding astride their mothers’ backs like diminutive jockeys. — National Geographic, "Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today," 17 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'astride.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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