bestriding
- present participle of bestride.
Example Sentences
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Bestriding the stage with the growl of a lion shaking off last night’s Ambien dose, the Mangler vows that we will be “delighted, astounded and amazed.”
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023
Bestriding them all are the roughly 100 members of the International Olympic Committee.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2016
Bestriding the world, I. T. & T. was, in 1929, in excellent position to flounder and be lost in a violent world-wide storm.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As men that spied the wings, that heard the snort, Their sires have told; and of a martial prince Bestriding him; and old report Speaks of a monster slain by one long since.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
Bestriding the positive solid reality to which it is attached, this phantom objectifies itself.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur