get astride

Example Sentences

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Advancing rapidly, they entered the capital's suburbs, prepared to cross the Han River and get astride the communications to the south and the rear of the enemy's army around the Pusan perimeter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once we had reached the far side we set out to pick our way round Kirkuk to get astride the road leading thence to Altun Kupri.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit

Brought my heart into my mouth to see the big devil raging, and I began to yearn to get astride him and to—well, just fight to see which of us would come out on top.

From Trailin'! by Brand, Max

It told of your trying to get astride a bronco, and it was a struggle.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

I made shift to get astride the horse, to prick the poor beast with the point of sword, and so to break away in some brief dash beneath the oaks.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis