riding

Example Sentences

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There’s a lot riding on this race for an aspiring nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Some witnesses said he was riding a motorcycle when he crashed into concrete blocks.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

No longer was Sinner the dominant force in tennis, the steamroller who had come in riding a 30-match winning streak and the prohibitive favorite to win his first French Open.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“At the cycle path we have the fast-and-furious people that are riding their bikes or electric bikes,” he says, “so we put up a lot of signs to alert people about the presence of capybaras.”

From Slate • May 27, 2026

He had seen whole logs riding on top of the water in Lake Washington when he visited his cousins in Seattle last year.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret