bestride

Example Sentences

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For much of his second term, Trump has seemed to bestride the globe, lavishing his attention on a wide range of international issues.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

‘Spartacus’ Kirk Douglas doth bestride the screen like Colossus as the titular gladiator turned rebel leader in Stanley Kubrick’s epic 1960 historical drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2022

It is a rare feat for a civil-rights luminary, even on the local level, to bestride generations, as the dearly missed U.S.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2020

Solar panels are being nailed to rooftops, colossal wind turbines bestride the plains and oceans, and a million electric vehicles are on U.S. roads — and it isn’t enough.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2018

He liked the appearance of the steel-grey mustang; and had become inspired with an insatiable longing to bestride it.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne