stride
verb (used without object)
to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
had strode
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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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There were photos on the wall, the trappings of fame, money, the sense that giants had strode into this place, that the gods bought instruments here, or just strings and picks.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2018
Coach Douglas’s son had strode into the library like he owned the entire school.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
He had strode passionately up to her, and before she could resist he had put his arms about her and was kissing her on the face.
From Phyllis of Philistia by Frank Frankfort Moore
How unfailingly kind and sweet he had been since that first day, when he had strode into her life, with the sun on his chestnut hair and the glory of the sun in his eyes.
From Girl Alone by Anne Austin
The anxious father had strode on in advance of the Eskimo party, but Cheenbuk had followed.
From The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
