Thesaurus / straddle
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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 NEWS
Dey wouldn' be caught wearin' britches an' ridin' straddle like de womens do dese days.
And I would steal her dolls, pull their dresses for shame over their heads, and set them straddle the banisters.
TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMP
So they dispatched the tortoise to the earth again, the monkey sitting a-straddle of his back.
JAPANESE FAIRY WORLDWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
The ridge grew narrower, sheerer, and in places they had to straddle it, legs dangling precariously to left and right.
Beside the road we saw a plow-boy straddle, whistling on a stile.
The "Hecla" was a-straddle of the well, and rows of men were tossing at her brake-beams.
THE SKIPPER AND THE SKIPPEDHOLMAN DAY
Mr. Crow's dignity asserted itself just as the valiant posse prepared to "straddle" the wheels in mad flight.
THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROWGEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON
These 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 MUIR
After an unbroken session of fifty hours a straddle was all that the committee could be brought to agree upon.
MARSE HENRY (VOL. 2)HENRY WATTERSON
WORDS 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
- 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
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.