bestride
verb (used with object)
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
bestrode
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past participleof bestride.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bestride.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bestrideverb (used with object)to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
Example Sentences
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He bestrode both the old California and the new.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Some people waiting in food lines say they miss the leadership of a man who bestrode the island in his trademark green military fatigues and whose memory still looms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He bestrode the tabloid newspapers and craved headlines and front pages.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
He was sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended, in what was a stunning fall from grace for a former president who once bestrode the world.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2023
Tot bestrode a dapple-gray horse, and the Queen sat upon a lion and took hold of its mane to steady herself.
From Dot and Tot of Merryland by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
