stride
verb (used without object)
to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
had stridden
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past perfectof stride.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had stridden through the deep woods with no thought of danger; he concentrated only on finding the pair that he had seen so close to death.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
And Oliver, with "I don't think he'll keep me long, mother; I suppose you'll still be here when I come back?" had stridden off with a certain reluctance towards the house.
From Love and hatred by Marie Belloc Lowndes
He broke off, and hurried after Mirandolet who had stridden ahead.
From The Orange-Yellow Diamond by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
Then, half-mad with grief, the old man had flung the reins across the steaming beast, and without a word of explanation had stridden away in the direction of Sallertaine.
From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Ren? Bazin
But he spake nought thereof, and strode on toward the Uttermost House, even as that other day he had stridden away from it.
From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by William Morris
