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 NEWSDey wouldn' be caught wearin' britches an' ridin' straddle like de womens do dese days.
SLAVE NARRATIVES: A FOLK HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATESVARIOUSAnd 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 WATTERSONWORDS RELATED TO STRADDLE
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