straddle
verb (used without object)
to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
was straddling
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past progressiveof straddle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was straddling a wafer-thin allegorical fence: The young man my parents wanted me to be versus who I was becoming.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
Police investigations found he was straddling the line between the hard shoulder and the inside lane when he crashed into the family's car.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023
By the 1990s and early 2000s, he was straddling various forms and genres.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
But that was a unique pivot point in U.S. history, a time when the country was straddling two opposing forces that would define the American century: consolidation and diffusion.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2016
He was straddling his bike out on the sidewalk.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
