strode

[ strohd ]

/ stroʊd /

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verb

the simple past tense of stride.

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How to use strode in a sentence

A 25-year-old man named Alexander Cooper strode up the sidewalk holding his 3-year-old daughter, Alexis, by the hand.
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He recalled being angry and trying to keep his composure as he strode past Cosby into the front hall.
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On the outskirts of the partisan mayhem, a smaller crowd gathered as a heavy-set man strode up to a podium in front of them.
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Gripping a stone the size of a grapefruit, he strode toward Ueli Steck, a Swiss climber who had offended him.
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Charr strode around the ring in a fury for a few minutes, his chest spattered with blood.
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When the carpet was done, Aunt Ri took the roll in her own independent arms, and strode with it to the Agent's house.
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The Doctor doubled his old-fashioned cloak across his breast as he strode home through the darkness.
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With these words, the beadle strode, with a lofty and gloomy air, from the undertakers premises.
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In her nostrils was the autumn perfume of the woods, and as they strode forward in silence a rabbit scuttled from their path.
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He turned and strode along the room, his heavy, iron-clamped boots ringing on the paved floor.
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British Dictionary definitions for strode

strode

/ (strəʊd) /

verb

the past tense of stride

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