How to Use straddle in a Sentence
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Style-wise, tulip glasses straddle the line between the flute and coupe.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
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The park says the Fury 325 is one of the tallest and longest rides in the massive park that straddles the North and South Carolina state lines.
—Jay Croft, CNN, 1 July 2023
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The main lodge straddles rustic and luxe, like a log cabin mansion in the Adirondacks.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
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Through means that straddle the line of legality, Chuck gets his hands on one of the drives.
—Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022
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Melitopol, which straddles two key highways and a railroad line, is seen as the gateway to Crimea.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
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On the smaller side, and with a thicker sauce that gets cooked into the skin, these wings straddle the two camps between dry and saucy.
—Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
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Grab a pair of dumbbells and straddle the bench with your chest resting on the pad, making sure your head is not resting on the bench.
—Diego Mercado, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
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Getting to this point, Chang-Díaz said, meant learning how to straddle different worlds at the same time.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
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McCarthy is forced to straddle a fine line ahead of this weekend’s game against the Packers at Lambeau Field.
—Dallas News, 7 Nov. 2022
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For weeks, Betts has straddled a line regarding the topic.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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Shiffrin got off to a shaky start in France after straddling a gate in the slalom portion of the alpine combined, an event she was expected to win.
—Jenny Wiegand, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023
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In the video, Berry is seen sprawled out on the floor with her stylist, Lindsay Flores, straddling her as the two try to pull up and zip a pair of pants that are just not quite fitting.
—Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
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Here, straddling this dimension and the next, their fear of the unknown gives way to an appetite for adventure.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
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The video also showed the teen straddling the dog and punching it in the head before slamming the animal on the ground multiple times.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
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The site straddles Oakland and Livingston counties and sits tucked away about 4 miles from the tiny village of Milford and a good 45-minute drive west from the big city of Detroit.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2023
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The word is derived from the French enjamber, to straddle or stride over, and ultimately from jambe, or leg.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
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Lamar, addled by the demands of the public, attempts to straddle many perspectives.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
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Some films, like Östlund's, which co-stars Woody Harrelson, will hope to straddle the disparate movie worlds that collide in Cannes.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 14 May 2022
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The brouhaha illustrated the two worlds Busch straddled.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
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American Standards straddle the line between the worlds of punk and heavy metal.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
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Apple Cheddar Muffins These muffins straddle the line of sweet and savory, thanks to a classic mash-up of apple and cheddar.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
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Each episode is punctuated by eloquent, self-aware songs that straddle pop, R&B, and hip-hop.
—Time, 4 Nov. 2022
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This is not someone who is going to be straddling anything onstage.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
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Each car’s wheels straddle a wide rail that keeps it from coming into contact with other cars.
—Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
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T’Challa and Namor straddle the line of king and superhero, and king and anti-hero, respectively.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2022
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Goes commando in tight leather pants to straddle a phallic gold statue.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2023
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Yogi’s oldest of 11 grandchildren would sit straddling the concrete wall by the dugout.
—Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
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That thoroughfare, straddling my New Jersey hometown of Edison and the neighboring Iselin, had been the site of my childhood in the early aughts.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023
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Things that cannot be ignored in any three-wheeled conveyance are potholes, since straddling these requires careful aim to avoid an unwelcome clunk.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
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This picturesque state straddling the Rocky Mountains is home to some of the most astounding stretches of highway in the country, connecting mountain resorts and artists' colonies to pioneer towns.
—Adam Lapetina, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
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When Fosbury got started in the sport, high jumpers ran parallel to the bar and straddle-kicked over it.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
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That’s not to be confused with the head straddle, which is the move preferred by mantellid frogs.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2016
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This die-cast model of a Hyster straddle truck belonged to my best friend.
—oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2020
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The Biden White House is making the case that China's straddle on the war is unsustainable.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
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Side Squats Hang in a straddle forward fold, point your toes outward, and bend the right knee, taking the right elbow inside the right knee and the left foot flexed.
—Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 Apr. 2017
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Side Squats Hang in a straddle forward fold, point your toes outward, and bend the right knee, taking the right elbow inside the right knee and the left foot flexed.
—Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 Apr. 2017
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But that straddle may not be enough to protect China from Western reprisals.
—Clay Chandler, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2022
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That cultural straddle has helped land him the top job at one of the world’s biggest tech companies.
—Stu Woo, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
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Unable to stick with the football or basketball teams, Fosbury tried track but struggled there with the preferred jump of those days — the straddle.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
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Japanwala finds that garments like this straddle the line between fashion and fine art.
—Aamina Khan, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2021
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The methods include the standard side straddle, the waist-straddling maneuver, the reverse bear hug method, the handstand and the Evetts-Russomano method.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 June 2017
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Park officials are calling it the longest and fastest straddle coaster on the West Coast, although there are not a lot of them in California.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
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Those few vertical meters might be an hour’s hike — or a dangerous straddle and scooch — away.
—New York Times, 12 May 2021
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One of them is a straddle, which involves buying both bullish and bearish options, targeting a selloff in Treasuries and thus higher yields across the long end of the curve.
—Vivien Lou Chen, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2020
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Fructose is a weapons-grade sweetener, and sucrose straddles the spectrum to provide backup on both sides.
—Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2019
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The percentages are derived from an options trade known as a straddle, which entails buying both bullish and bearish contracts that can be exercised at the same price for the stock.
—Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2018
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His purple district straddles Fairfax and Prince William counties.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
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Forty nights of data revealed the dorsal straddle, the newfound mating position.
—National Geographic, 14 June 2016
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Youngkin's straddle to avoid alienating both Trump voters and suburbanites might not work quite so well across Virginia state lines.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
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But as China’s relations with the West have become more fraught, that straddle is turning into an uncomfortable and unsteady split.
—Jacky Wong, WSJ, 9 June 2020
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The 228-acre property straddles the river, with a manufacturing complex on the Maryland riverbank and a limekiln and a million-gallon storage tank on the West Virginia side.
—Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
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Istanbul Turkey’s biggest city straddles Europe and Asia, which makes it a fascinating place to visit, Steves says.
—Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2018
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This year’s draft straddles that temperamental crisis more than most.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
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The projections are based on an options trade called a straddle, which entails acquiring both bullish and bearish options contracts that allow investors to buy or sell stock at a specific price.
—Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2020
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After police saw a car straddle multiple lanes and drive through a red light, a registration check showed that the plates were expired and the driver’s license was suspended, resulting in a traffic stop on Nov. 14.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2021
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In recent years, that sort of straddle has become an increasingly difficult posture to maintain.
—Cathleen Decker, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
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But as Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians grow more obvious, frequent and bloody, the China straddle becomes more difficult.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2022
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At that point, the straddle between more moderate voters in his national coalition and the increasing impatience of progressives in his Democratic Party will be tough to sustain.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
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These include a seated straddle stretch to work hamstring flexibility, and hip-mobility drills that use a resistance band to work his residual limb in various planes of motion.
—Jen Murphy, WSJ, 29 May 2021
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There's also a thin line between playful marketing hoax and actively misleading the public that Tokyo 41 straddles uncomfortably.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2017
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