straddle
verb (used without object)
to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
is straddling
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present progressiveof straddle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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To her, the way you “stand out as any performer is straddling that line of allowing the collective experience to inhabit you while bringing your voice forward enough to bring that own specificity,” Rao said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International, is straddling both markets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Klobuchar is straddling that threshold in the polls, trailing in fifth place behind Warren, Sanders, Biden and former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2020
It is as if Ms. Bernaugh, a nonprofit organizer living in the St. Louis suburb of Florissant, is straddling two worlds.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2014
While they thus 'sing in the windows,' death is straddling over the threshold!
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
