astride

Example Sentences

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Early in the day, demonstrators danced around the Triumph of the Republic, the Parisian sculpture of Marianne, the personification of the republic, astride a globe on a lion-drawn chariot.

From Washington Post

"My vision is to be among a thousand galloping horses, with children astride them," it quotes him as saying.

From BBC

It’s located astride one of the “peace walls” that divide neighborhoods in an effort to limit sectarian violence.

From Seattle Times

It’s located astride one of the “peace walls” that divide neighborhoods in an effort to keep sectarian violence at bay.

From Seattle Times

And in the central corral, a woman in a gold-sequinned mini-dress has donned a cowboy hat, kicked off her shoes and climbed astride the bull.

From Los Angeles Times