striding

Example Sentences

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One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

It will be Vance striding toward planes in photographs and Vance standing behind podiums to explain why negotiations aren’t working.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Known as the Klaebo stride, or Klæbo-klyvet in Norwegian, it’s a running style used on steep uphills where he essentially sprints on his skis, leaving competitors who use traditional diagonal striding behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Relief that Matthew Hayden will not be striding around, external the Melbourne Cricket Ground wearing only his cowboy hat.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

He turned away, and went striding up the street away from the quays.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin