bestride

Example Sentences

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For much of his second term, Trump has seemed to bestride the globe, lavishing his attention on a wide range of international issues.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

No Jim Brown, the scourge of defensive backs and Black Power avatar bestride a motorcycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2022

It is a rare feat for a civil-rights luminary, even on the local level, to bestride generations, as the dearly missed U.S.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2020

Solar panels are being nailed to rooftops, colossal wind turbines bestride the plains and oceans, and a million electric vehicles are on U.S. roads — and it isn’t enough.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2018

Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes