straddle
verb (used without object)
to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
will straddle
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future tenseof straddle.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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Instead, a towering, floating crane will straddle the shipwreck and saw it into pieces using massive anchor chains.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2020
On Tuesday, the collection galleries at the Los Angeles Museum of Art were shuttered in anticipation of the construction and planned 2024 opening of a new Peter Zumthor-designed building that will straddle Wilshire Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2019
After Brexit, it will straddle the EU-UK frontier.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2019
Eventually, Coach’s building will straddle the new section, called High Line at the Railyards, which will evoke the ruin and rebirth that the founders found so compelling in the first place.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2013
The piece of needle should be stuck through a cork which has a slot cut into its underside, so that it will straddle the lower part of the coil.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
