as in straddling
to sit or ride with your legs on either side of (something)
The dog liked to bestride the back of the sofa, and it was soon in tatters.
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Recent Examples of bestriding
The film depicts a world where the Four are something like the Beatles, the Kennedys, the Curies, and the Brady Bunch all in one, a globe-bestriding celebrity family responsible for staving off supernatural threats and, seemingly, establishing world peace.
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Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestriding
straddling
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The first officer to arrive, Robert Allsup, broke through the front door and found Mohammed straddling the victim while holding a kitchen knife, Santa Clara police Chief Cory Morgan said at a news conference days after the shooting.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Emily gets up on the bar to dance with one of the Magic Mikes at the booth, quickly straddling him to ride him like a bucking bronco.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Bestriding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestriding. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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