Straddling Synonyms

Range or extend over; occupy a certain area
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. mounting
  2. sprawling
  3. striding
  4. ranging
  5. riding
  6. bestriding
  7. lolling
  8. hedging
  9. draping
To sit or stand with a leg on each side of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. striding
  2. bestriding

Words Related to Straddling

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Straddling Sentence Examples

  • Left her straddling the borders of life and death.

  • Carmen had Penny in the stanchion and was straddling her, trying to trim one hoof when the little doe simply lay down.

  • Here the hotel, indeed the whole town, is built straddling a ravine with waterfalls.

  • Just behind the tanks, straddling the trench line, came Bradleys pumping machine-gun bullets into Iraqi troops.

  • Her straddling frontiers run for thousands of miles through the flat European plain.

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