- past tense form of ride.
rode
Example Sentences
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Bare rode Rebel across property still full of arrowheads left behind by Cherokee and Shawnee tribes, hundreds of acres of Huddleston family farmland that started with a single purchase in 1848.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
On the shuttle bus I rode last week, I met Tsutomu and Sayuri Ichikawa, a couple from Tokyo wearing his and hers Roki Sasaki jerseys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
He then rode off to find adults further up the Taff Trail for help, who took them to his friend's house.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Back then, Supreme Court justices “rode circuit”—they literally rode horses or traveled by carriage to hear cases within the circuit they oversaw.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
They rode all night and stopped only at dawn, when they were sure they couldn't be found.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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