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 Hecht, Ben