straddle

Example Sentences

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D4vd — a young singer whose music straddles the line between R&B and indie rock — has raised eyebrows with some of his musical themes, particularly in the wake of Celeste’s death.

From Los Angeles Times

Indonesia experiences frequent earthquakes because it straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active zone where different plates of the earth's crust meet.

From Reuters

Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes, straddling the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire," a seismically active zone where different plates of the earth's crust meet.

From Reuters

The works, as a pair, are also framed as straddling the division between the time before and the time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

From New York Times

In California, surfers straddle waves in the ocean.

From Washington Times