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This precarious straddle renders them — and the brain itself — vulnerable to infections.
THE WAY THE CORONAVIRUS MESSES WITH SMELL HINTS AT HOW IT AFFECTS THE BRAINLAURA SANDERSJUNE 12, 2020SCIENCE NEWSAnd I would steal her dolls, pull their dresses for shame over their heads, and set them straddle the banisters.
TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMPSo they dispatched the tortoise to the earth again, the monkey sitting a-straddle of his back.
JAPANESE FAIRY WORLDWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFISThe ridge grew narrower, sheerer, and in places they had to straddle it, legs dangling precariously to left and right.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, JULY, 1931VARIOUSBeside the road we saw a plow-boy straddle, whistling on a stile.
THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S CLASSICS, RESTRICTED TO PROSE, VOL. X (OF X) - AMERICA - II, INDEXVARIOUSThe "Hecla" was a-straddle of the well, and rows of men were tossing at her brake-beams.
THE SKIPPER AND THE SKIPPEDHOLMAN DAYMr. Crow's dignity asserted itself just as the valiant posse prepared to "straddle" the wheels in mad flight.
THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROWGEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEONThese I had to straddle, cutting off the top as I progressed and hitching gradually ahead like a boy riding a rail fence.
TRAVELS IN ALASKAJOHN MUIRAfter an unbroken session of fifty hours a straddle was all that the committee could be brought to agree upon.
MARSE HENRY (VOL. 2)HENRY WATTERSONHe had reached the fireplace, and wheeled round on her, his back to the hearth and his legs a-straddle.
MAJOR VIGOUREUXA. T. QUILLER-COUCHWORDS RELATED TO STRADDLE
- alternate
- balance
- balk
- be irresolute
- be reluctant
- be unwilling
- blow hot and cold
- dally
- debate
- defer
- delay
- demur
- dillydally
- dither
- doubt
- equivocate
- falter
- flounder
- fluctuate
- fumble
- hang
- hang back
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hold back
- hold off
- hover
- linger
- oscillate
- pause
- ponder
- pull back
- pussyfoot
- scruple
- seesaw
- shift
- shrink
- shy away
- sit on fence
- stammer
- stop
- straddle
- stumble
- stutter
- swerve
- tergiversate
- think about
- think twice
- vacillate
- waffle
- waver
- weigh
- alternated
- balanced
- balked
- blew hot and cold
- dallied
- debated
- deferred
- delayed
- demurred
- dillydallied
- dithered
- doubted
- equivocated
- faltered
- floundered
- fluctuated
- fumbled
- hedged
- held back
- held off
- hem and haw
- hovered
- hung
- hung back
- lingered
- oscillated
- paused
- pondered
- pulled back
- pussyfooted
- sat on fence
- scrupled
- seesawed
- shied away
- shifted
- shrank
- stammered
- stopped
- straddled
- stumbled
- stuttered
- swerved
- tergiversated
- thought about
- thought twice
- vacillated
- waffled
- was irresolute
- was reluctant
- was unwilling
- wavered
- weighed
- amble
- bat around
- be all over the map
- branch off
- clamber
- climb
- cruise
- depart
- digress
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- excurse
- extend
- fork
- gad
- gallivant
- get sidetracked
- knock about
- knock around
- meander
- perambulate
- percolate
- peregrinate
- promenade
- range
- roam
- rove
- saunter
- scramble
- snake
- sprangle
- sprawl
- spread
- spread-eagle
- straddle
- straggle
- stray
- stroll
- trail
- traipse
- turn
- twist
- walk
- wind
- zigzag
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