How to Use astride in a Sentence

astride

1 of 2 adverb
  • Do guests even have to like horses, much less get astride one?
    — Janet Fullwood, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019
  • That seems so quaint today, with Amazon in the cloud, a major defense contractor, astride high-tech.
    — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 9 Sep. 2017
  • But these massive irrigation systems don’t sit astride deep green circles of alfalfa.
    — AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • One, George Washington astride a horse, is burned in profile into a wooden surface, glass vessels tumbling to the floor.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • Debt problems in Hunan, a rich agricultural area astride important transport routes, aren’t as egregious as many northern and western provinces saddled with resource and rust-belt industries.
    — Chao Deng, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Her latest project, Astride the Beast, a cultural history of women riding astride, is under contract with the University of Texas Press.
    — Time, 21 Nov. 2025

astride

2 of 2 preposition
  • The town lies astride a narrow river.
  • She was sitting astride a horse.
  • Children stand astride the fence like giant elands.
    — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
  • The counter boasts an image of an undersea nymph astride a horse.
    — Fox News, 28 Dec. 2020
  • At the center is a fountain where four peeing cherubs sit astride the rim.
    — Julie Besonen, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
  • In a hectic life on the road, Crawford found peace astride a horse.
    — New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
  • She was overwhelmed by the crowd standing astride their bikes before her.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2018
  • Sitting astride a calm chestnut mare, his eyes closed, the soldier draws in a deep breath.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The image shows Elliott astride the horse, which is lying on its side.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The end is nigh for these enduring superstars who have sat astride the sport for so long.
    — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 14 June 2018
  • Or an enabling figurehead who sat astride the sins of empire?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The sleepy city is surrounded by lush farms and sits astride the tourist trail, both of which should provide jobs.
    — The Economist, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The witch astride her broom became a symbol for rebellion.
    — Time, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Houngheuangsy, kneeling astride Lee, works his way from the soles of Lee’s feet to the palms of his hands.
    — Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2021
  • In one brief segment of the show, a trainer emerges from the water astride two dolphins, her legs perched on their snouts.
    — Sam Hodgson/the San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2019
  • The ranch hands of my mom’s stories rode horses, but these sit astride motorcycles.
    — Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Rome itself, astride the Tiber River, is flanked by two volcanic calderas.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
  • The saint sits astride his horse with sword raised, confronting a cornered dragon that breathes fire on its attacker.
    — Peter Saenger, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • Roosevelt is often trotted out astride his moose for discussions of the problem of deep fakes.
    — Rose Eveleth, Wired, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Jane Burleson was astride a dark horse, Inez Milholland atop a white one.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
  • His device allowed a person to sit astride the board and plant their feet on the ground to run uphill or lift their feet to coast downhill.
    — Ted Ladd, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • If nothing else, the Greens now sit astride Europe’s latest culture war.
    — Katrin Bennhold, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019
  • On a scraggly patch of grass astride the Grand Central Parkway, a screen had been set up.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Great swoops of cable arc from one pylon to the next, each tower a child’s line drawing of a robot standing astride our puny world.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Marchers flooded the parade route, some on roller skates and astride horses, many wearing clear plastic rain garb over their costumes.
    — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The multi-slide post includes an image of her jumping while astride a horse, a video from inside a car, a snapshot of sushi and more.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2022
  • The photo showed a man in a gleaming suit, sitting proudly astride Sultan, the lion who killed him.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The 4-foot wooden trophy features the legendary lumberjack standing astride his ax and atop a map of the state.
    — Scott Horner, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Or ride onto the Michigan State basketball court astride a cannon.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Set astride the craggy Luberon massif, where three mountain ranges converge, the area is roughly the size of Chicago.
    — Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022

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