astraddle
Americanadverb
adjective
preposition
Etymology
Origin of astraddle
Example Sentences
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The players will still be running around astraddle brooms, still pinning their hopes of victory on grabbing a yellow-hued ball — inexplicably, unless “Harry Potter” explains it.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021
When they arose again, the sturdy gob was discerned astraddle his pontoon busy with his monkey wrench.
From Time Magazine Archive
Weather vanes popped up in the shapes of Uncle Sam, butterflies, locomotives, Gabriel tooting on a trumpet, a haggard country doctor astraddle a haggard horse, even a modest metal mermaid.
From Time Magazine Archive
He found two for, two against and one astraddle.
From Time Magazine Archive
The used-to-be sheriff sat rakishly astraddle his horse.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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