straddle
verb (used without object)
to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
straddler
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a word derived from
straddle.
Example Sentences
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A failed straddler, Fosbury instead turned his back to the bar, throwing his head over with his torso kicking behind.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2020
Such diversity testifies to the status of “Hamilton” as a colossal straddler of the worlds of classic musicals and contemporary pop.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2016
He is also brazen enough to rip off a concept wholesale from another emerging genre straddler, Sam Hunt.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2015
The Associated Press's John M. Morris, an amiable fence straddler, accommodates his 200-odd papers by avoiding all pointed controversy, shooting only at universally acceptable villains.
From Time Magazine Archive
But at such times Basine revealed his interesting talents as a compromiser, fence straddler, pacifier.
From Gargoyles by Ben Hecht
