strode

[ strohd ]
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verb
  1. the simple past tense of stride.

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How to use strode in a sentence

  • When the carpet was done, Aunt Ri took the roll in her own independent arms, and strode with it to the Agent's house.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • The Doctor doubled his old-fashioned cloak across his breast as he strode home through the darkness.

  • With these words, the beadle strode, with a lofty and gloomy air, from the undertakers premises.

  • In her nostrils was the autumn perfume of the woods, and as they strode forward in silence a rabbit scuttled from their path.

    The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
  • He turned and strode along the room, his heavy, iron-clamped boots ringing on the paved floor.

    Dope | Sax Rohmer

British Dictionary definitions for strode

strode

/ (strəʊd) /


verb
  1. the past tense of stride

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