Example Sentences

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Their combined holdings totaled 480 acres, displacing the Duwamish village that had straddled the rivers for millennia.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Moore’s job at Liberty had straddled external communications and student ministry.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019

Because the 18-wheeler had straddled the westbound lanes of Interstate 20, he said, Ms. Garlock “had nowhere to go” to avoid a collision.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2016

Gerson said Bush, at least for a time, had straddled the divide within the party.

From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2016

If he could get that roan in his string, he told himself, he could go to sleep in the saddle on night-guard; for an easier horse to ride he never had straddled.

From The Happy Family by Bower, B. M.