stride
verb (used without object)
to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
stridden
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past participleof stride.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Example Sentences
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And it is into this perceived vacuum that Andy Burnham has stridden, again, to the intense irritation of Downing Street and plenty of Labour MPs.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
He had stridden through the deep woods with no thought of danger; he concentrated only on finding the pair that he had seen so close to death.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
And Oliver, with "I don't think he'll keep me long, mother; I suppose you'll still be here when I come back?" had stridden off with a certain reluctance towards the house.
From Love and hatred by Marie Belloc Lowndes
For just then I nearly jumped out of my chair on hearing the major’s voice asking for Captain Brace, and the next moment he had stridden into the room.
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by William Heysham Overend
But Foster was a man not easily daunted by such things, and he had stridden on manfully, fully occupied by his own thoughts, till he reached the stile where the footpath to the ruins began.
From True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best by D. A. Helm
