stride
verb (used without object)
to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
are striding
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present progressiveof stride.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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Two women are striding, together, across the deck of a small boat blazing through the ocean.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2021
One way or another, then, shoemakers are striding towards a bespoke future.
From Economist ● May 22, 2018
When not gazing—from windows, over battleship railings, across throngs of worshipful followers—the men of the Killing series are striding.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2015
Here are striding parsons, botanising antiquarians, madmen, painters and poets.
From Economist ● Nov. 13, 2014
The sentinels are striding idly around, and in the deepness of the night is heard their groanlike melancholy "Lis-ten!"
From Comrade Kropotkin by Victor Robinson
