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• Numbskull!' he shouted, straddling her midriff and pummelling her face and chest with his fists.2017, Minette Walters, The Last Hours, →ISBN, page 357. From the entry wantwit
• The sublime volcanic lake of Tianchi straddles the border with North Korea.2017, “History & Culture”, in National Geographic Traveler: China, 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19. From the entry Tianchi
• One look at the samakonasana aka straddle split and you know it's not for the faint-hearted.2016 June 16, “Warm up yoga postures to help you straddle split”, in The Times of India. From the entry samakonasana
• Today the volcano that straddles the border between China and North Korea is tranquil.2016 December 9, Nicholas St. Fleur, “Only a Rumbling Volcano Could Make North Korea and the West Play Nice”, in The New York Times…. From the entry Heaven Lake
• Like other forms of creative nonfiction, the dogoir frequently straddles various categories.2015, Kelly Clasen, “American Creative Nonfiction: Background and History”, in Jay Ellis, editor, American Creative Nonfiction (Critical…. From the entry dogoir
• The site, yet to be named, straddles the farming counties of Yeongi and Gongju.2004 August 12, Andrew Salmon, “Seoul names new location for capital”, in The New York Times, sourced from International Herald Tribune…. From the entry Baekje
• They attempt to straddle all issues and, consequently, when a slip occurs, the result is foot-in-mouth disease.2000, Marvin Rubinstein, Net-wit.com. From the entry foot-in-mouth disease
• She's a new-breed singer-songwriter, straddling the line between smart rocker and simpy coffeehouse philosopher.1995 April 28, Peter Margasak, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry simpy
• Some fifty thousand Japanese forces straddled the Kiaochow-Tsinan railway, determined to protect Japanese "interests" in Shantung.1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek, New York: Weybright and Talley, page 139. From the entry Tsinan
• "The Mayor cannot straddle this question any longer—he must either fish or cut bait."1923 July 28, “Hylan Will Fight Subway Petition with one of his Own”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Jan 2012. From the entry fish or cut bait
• Defectors fleeing the totalitarian Kim regime have attempted to cross via the Tumen River that straddles the Chinese-North Korean border.2021 October 20, Amy Cheng, “Chinese city hunts for North Korean defector facing deportation who escaped from prison”, in The Washington…. From the entry North Hamgyong
• The Konecranes straddle carriers have a four container-high capacity and are expected to make loading and unloading faster and more reliable.2019 November 6, “News”, in Rail, page 21. From the entry straddle carrier
• He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite.2013, Austin Clark, Shadows and Mockery: A Ghost Story, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry cow bite
• She wanted to straddle him and motorboat him right there.2012 07, Karen Alterisio Nelson, Millions of Reasons to Lie, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry motorboat
• It tries to straddle both sides, you know?2012 April 15, Carina Chocano, quoting Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Julia Louis-Dreyfus Takes the White House”, in The New York Times Magazine…. From the entry thumb fight
• And she was big pregnant this time, she’s big pregnant, straddling the girl, and beating her with the shoe!2003, Gerard Van Herk, “Barbadian lects”, in Michael Aceto, Jeffrey Payne Williams, editors, Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean…. From the entry big pregnant
• The transtainers (system A) are all assumed to have a 62ft span and to straddle a five wide stack.1987, Ernst G. Frankel, Port Planning and Development, page 197. From the entry transtainer
• The electric-powered tow car is lowered to the tracks at either side of the tank, completely straddling it when in operation.1941, Hearst Magazines, Popular Mechanics, Hearst Magazines, page 85. From the entry supertorpedo
• Maritime Transport has installed two new straddle carrier cranes at Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal, as it continues to expand its rail operations.2019 November 6, “News”, in Rail, page 21. From the entry straddle carrier
• Prince Mador straddled a merbeast behind.2003, J. Robert King, Lancelot Du Lethe. From the entry merbeast
• We can see from the reanalysis that two anomalous warming centers in the tropical eastern Pacific straddle the equator and extend eastward.2000, Jiayu Zhou, William K.-M. Lau, “Intercomparison of AGCM Simulations of 1997/98 El Niño Impact on South American Summer Monsoon”, in…. From the entry warming center
• There were two graying women whose veined hosed legs below gray overcoats straddled shopping bags as they nodded toward one another wordlessly.1981, Shelby Hearon, Painted Dresses, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry hosed
• The steelworker is straddling the cross beam and is screwing on the nutheads by hand before finally tightening them with his wrench.1930, Wilfred Jones, How the derrick works, page 36. From the entry nuthead
• The Wenbudangsang section is a newly discovered continuous succession of marine carbonates that straddles the Permian–Triassic boundary (PTB), extending from the late Permian to the earliest Triassic (Induan).[2014 October, Guichun Wu, Zhansheng Ji, Julie A. Trotter, Jianxin Yao, Liqin Zhou, “Conodont biostratigraphy of a new Permo-Triassic…. From the entry Gê'gyai
• In Norse mythology, for example, the World Tree, or Yggdrasil, connected the nine existences that straddled the worlds of gods and men with its mighty roots.2007, Bob Curran, Ian Daniels, Walking with the Green Man: Father of the Forest, Spirit of Nature, page 66. From the entry Yggdrasil
• The material handling system is made up of 14 portainers, three Gottwald cranes, 51 straddle carriers, five multitrailers, six reach stackers, as well as 11 tractors and 60 trailers.2004, Gianpaolo Ghiani, Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control, page 311. From the entry portainer
• The only other swingspans in the Lower Mainland straddle the Pitt River, the Fraser River at Annacis Island, and the middle arm of the Fraser River in Richmond.1999, Louisa Gradnitzer, Todd Pittson, X Marks The Spot: On Location With The X-Files, Arsenal Pulp Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry Lower Mainland

Meaning of straddle

1. verb To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
2. verb To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
3. verb To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.

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How do you use straddle in a sentence?

Straddle is used as a verb, noun and adverb. For example: “Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue.”

What is a short sentence with straddle?

“Prince Mador straddled a merbeast behind.”

What does straddle mean?

Straddle means to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.