bestrides
- present tense form of bestride (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Amazon is a behemoth that bestrides several economic sectors.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
No single character dominates “Jitney” the way that the Olympian Troy Maxson bestrides “Fences.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2017
The U.S. remains immensely powerful, but it no longer bestrides the world like a colossus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2015
Today he bestrides the town like a colossus.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2015
Wearing embroidered palikari vest, puffy-sleeved poukamiso, and pleated foustanella skirt, my grandfather bestrides the gangway- He pauses a moment to look out at the audience, but the bright lights blind him.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
