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

It told of your trying to get astride a bronco, and it was a struggle.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

He rested for a time and then gave himself another hoist and was able to get astride the bowsprit.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

He then gave Mark a stick, saying, "When you have found the plant of life, and want to go home, get astride of this stick; but now get on my back."

From The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series by Fanny, Aunt

The eldest son said, ‘Pappy, if you get astride the dog, and look the way he’s looking, you can see what he sees.’

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration