How to Use straddle in a Sentence

straddle

1 of 2 verb

• Turkey straddles Asia and Europe.
• Style-wise, tulip glasses straddle the line between the flute and coupe.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
• 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
• The main lodge straddles rustic and luxe, like a log cabin mansion in the Adirondacks.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
• Through means that straddle the line of legality, Chuck gets his hands on one of the drives.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022
• Melitopol, which straddles two key highways and a railroad line, is seen as the gateway to Crimea.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• For weeks, Betts has straddled a line regarding the topic.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Lamar, addled by the demands of the public, attempts to straddle many perspectives.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• 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
• The brouhaha illustrated the two worlds Busch straddled.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• American Standards straddle the line between the worlds of punk and heavy metal.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Each episode is punctuated by eloquent, self-aware songs that straddle pop, R&B, and hip-hop.
  — Time, 4 Nov. 2022
• This is not someone who is going to be straddling anything onstage.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Goes commando in tight leather pants to straddle a phallic gold statue.
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2023
• Yogi’s oldest of 11 grandchildren would sit straddling the concrete wall by the dugout.
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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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straddle

2 of 2 noun

• 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
• 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
• This die-cast model of a Hyster straddle truck belonged to my best friend.
  — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2020
• The Biden White House is making the case that China's straddle on the war is unsustainable.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
• 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
• 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
• But that straddle may not be enough to protect China from Western reprisals.
  — Clay Chandler, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Japanwala finds that garments like this straddle the line between fashion and fine art.
  — Aamina Khan, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Those few vertical meters might be an hour’s hike — or a dangerous straddle and scooch — away.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2021
• 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
• Fructose is a weapons-grade sweetener, and sucrose straddles the spectrum to provide backup on both sides.
  — Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• 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
• His purple district straddles Fairfax and Prince William counties.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• Forty nights of data revealed the dorsal straddle, the newfound mating position.
  — National Geographic, 14 June 2016
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This year’s draft straddles that temperamental crisis more than most.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• In recent years, that sort of straddle has become an increasingly difficult posture to maintain.
  — Cathleen Decker, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024