ride
verb (used without object)
to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
has ridden
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present perfectof ride (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has ridden Harley-Davidson motorcycles with a group of other Roadhouse employees for 20 plus years; one year they rode from NY to California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The former product instructor from the San Francisco Bay Area has ridden the tech wave throughout his career, easily jumping from Verizon to Fitbit to Workday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
As recently as the past decade, IBM has ridden out the transition to software as a service and cloud-native computing, or the development of applications that can integrate into any cloud environment.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
I bought it at the wrong time, but anyone who has ridden the storm once isn’t worried about this downturn, and they’re buying furiously.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
Grant’s telegram states that Sheridan has ridden over the battlefield, counting Confederate dead and captured, particularly the many top Confederate generals now in Union custody.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
