bestride
verb (used with object)
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
are bestriding
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present progressiveof bestride.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The hail is at once responded to by the steeds they are bestriding; and is promptly re-answered, not by one horse, but three neighing simultaneously.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
