straddling

Example Sentences

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Then he hit he tack, and I heard him holler and caught a glimpse of him spraddling up as I disappeared through the door.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

He was reeling in his saddle, the horse spraddling, wild-eyed, almost out of control.

From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)

"It takes just so much time to do so much work," stated Welton succinctly, "and it don't matter whether you do it all at once, or try to fool yourself by spraddling it out."

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

When it saw its audience—the spaceship's crew—watching, it took two spraddling steps forward, pulled the bulk of its pot-bellied stomach up into its chest and paused dramatically.

From Big Stupe by De Vet, Charles V. (Charles Vincent)

But all this is only the outside of the old mahogany high-boy with its meerschaum-pipe polish, spraddling legs, and rattling handles.

From The Little Gray Lady 1909 by Smith, Francis Hopkinson