astride

Example Sentences

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Critics cried cultural appropriation, pointing out grammatical mistakes in the Spanish on the early labels and lambasting ads that showed Jenner astride a horse galloping through fields of agave.

From Los Angeles Times

When Phillip Tafoya was a young boy in the 1960s, the mountains astride Santa Clara Canyon in northern New Mexico were cloaked in deep green ponderosa pines and Douglas firs.

From Scientific American

I’m astride a donkey, painted to look like a zebra for visibility, called a “zonkey.”

From Seattle Times

A tiny portion of the 16-mile line would run through the village astride the cherished Capital Crescent Trail and exclusive Columbia Country Club.

From Washington Post

As a vivacious 4-year-old, she was featured on the cover of CIRM’s 2016 annual report astride a hobby horse and clad in a pink sweatshirt bearing a lightning bolt, under the legend “CURED.”

From Los Angeles Times