bestride
verb (used with object)
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
will bestride
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future tenseof bestride.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Sutro in the geographic center of town, it will bestride the narrow city like a clumsy metal Colossus, standing a full 1,811 feet above sea level.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will bestride the North American Free Trade Agreement like a colossus.
From Time Magazine Archive
If ever the "man on horseback" does appear in Russia, it is very doubtful if he will bestride a Pegasus.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
How our St. Georges will bestride the Dragons, The red and ramping Dragons.
From The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) by Francis Beaumont
I hope when you are grown up, little Roger, you will bestride two hobby horses that will keep you always in the right path: one lively, the other quiet; both beautiful—courage and kindness.
From Our Children Scenes from the Country and the Town by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel
