get astride

Example Sentences

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Advancing rapidly, they entered the capital's suburbs, prepared to cross the Han River and get astride the communications to the south and the rear of the enemy's army around the Pusan perimeter.

From Time Magazine Archive

But—you'll excuse me, I must ride a notion when I get astride of one—St. Hospital would be no more than what we call an episode.

From Brother Copas by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I've little enough gratitude and quite enough scheming to get astride of your shoulders.

From Modeste Mignon by Balzac, Honoré de

We floundered about like porpoises, but managed to get astride her backbone, when dad looked kind of scornfully at me, and burst out with, 'Sonny, do you call yourself a keerful sailor?'

From Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5 by Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)

Then seeing a fine large butterfly on a dandelion close by, he climbed up and managed to get astride it.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur