astride

Example Sentences

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Normal foreign policy considerations regarding conflict with a country of 90 million people situated astride the world’s oil jugular do not come into play.

From Salon

It’s like teaching a course on “Space Exploration” the day after Neil Armstrong bopped astride the surface of the moon.

From Salon

KLAIPEDA, Lithuania—Germany’s top military officer, Gen. Carsten Breuer, stood astride a map of Lithuania laid out on the floor of a makeshift command post in this port city on the Baltic Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal

The jarring images of the king’s brother astride a steed sparked an immediate reaction in Buckingham Palace.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dorothy clicked away, capturing images of the stalwart Shoestring Glacier sitting astride the mountain’s rocky top.

From Literature