rode

Example Sentences

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The sisters’ presence near Hydesville encouraged daily crowds, who rode out to gawk at the original Fox cottage, then continue on to David’s farm to see the Fox girls in person.

From Literature

And while the Eagles rode the maneuver to a Super Bowl, the rest of the league found it so aggravating and unsightly that certain teams pushed unsuccessfully last year to ban it from the game.

From The Wall Street Journal

As we rode along in our bouncy old wagon, Daisy talked up a storm.

From Literature

—European indexes rode a boost in market sentiment at the opening bell.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sheep, and in particular wool, were a mainstay of the Australian economy for much of the past 150 years, feeding into the notion by the 1950s that Australia "rode on the sheep's back".

From Barron's