Word Finder - straddled

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

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To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

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Putin seems to be everywhere at once, straddling the ocean, filling the sky, just like Stalin.

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To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.

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Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue.

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To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.

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Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

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To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).

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To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).

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To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

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To execute a commodities market spread.

He straddled a chair and leaned his arms across the top of it while he sipped his coffee.

She pulled up a chair across from him and straddled it, her direct gaze settling on him.

He straddled the chair and rested his forearms on its back.

She turned and in one motion straddled him, pinning his arms above his head, the heat of her body pressed against him.

Depeche Mode makes music that straddled genres, and devotees of a variety of different music styles claim them as their own.

Part heavy metal, part acoustic and full of dark and sometimes eerie harmonies, the band straddled a unique line that made them difficult to classify.

The goth music movement closely paralleled the early 1980s post-punk movement, and many artists of the time, such as The Cure, Depeche Mode and The Birthday Party, straddled both similar genres.

He forced her onto the couch and straddled her.

She straddled the chair as she belted out the last note.

Elise straddled a chair, and Lana sat across from her.

He pulled out a chair and straddled it, folding his arms across the back of it.

I've never straddled one before.

Xander pretending to bite her neck while she lay on top of him, the two of them spooning, even one where the massive man straddled her and pretended to hold her down.

Destiny climbed aboard and straddled her.

The x went between two toes and straddled the pad on the one he drew to represent Brutus.

Over the last ten years a huge amount of money has been invested in this problem which has straddled the industry academia divide.

Parishes, it should also be remembered, often straddled county boundaries.

As he watched in awe through his binoculars the town was straddled with large caliber Naval artillery shells which shook the church.

He chuckled as he straddled her at the waist.

In the Lartigue system the train is straddled over a single central rail, elevated a suitable distance above the ground.