STRADDLE in a Sentence

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1. Neighborhood distinctions are arbitrary and often straddle zip codes.
2. He saw a man climb to the top of the fence, straddle the rail, and fire a parting shot.

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 Meanings and Examples of STRADDLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
straddle
 v.  to sit with a leg on each side; to appear to favor both sides of an issue
Classic Sentence:
1  He saw a man climb to the top of the fence, straddle the rail, and fire a parting shot.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  He put one foot over the window-sill and straddled it.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
Example Sentence:
1  To take on the south was to risk splintering the Democratic Party, then an angry amalgam of northern liberals, southern segregationists and pragmatists like the president, who tried to straddle the divide.
2  Neighborhood distinctions are arbitrary and often straddle zip codes.