straddle
verb (used without object)
to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
are straddling
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present progressiveof straddle.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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“At the same time, people are disappointed in how things are doing in our city. So they are straddling this weird fence.”
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
The series offers “a vivid example of how we are straddling the world of entertainment and sports,” Soros said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
When you make a delicate cake, you are straddling a thin line between melt in your mouth and fall apart on the plate.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2021
Prose poems in particular, that are straddling that, I think, are totally possible.
From Time ● Sep. 29, 2014
Reading Lawrence Osborne’s new novel, “The Forgiven,” you may sometimes feel that you are straddling that line in a vertiginous way, like Philippe Petit walking a high wire between the World Trade Center towers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2012
