Adverb, adjective, preposition : sitting astraddle a fence. From Dictionary.com.
Behind them, a salvo fell squarely astraddle Jager. From Wordnik.com. [The Heirs of Babylon]
He was sitting astraddle of a chair, leaning on the back of it. From Wordnik.com. [Red Dog]
Gabe swung the chair around and sank onto it, sitting astraddle. From Wordnik.com. [THE VOW] Reference
We were firing at the flying foe -- astraddle of their lines of battle. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
Elric stood with his legs astraddle on the shingle of the narrow beach. From Wordnik.com. [The Weird of the White Wolf]
Then she threw me on my back and, mounting astraddle on my breast, fell. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
No doubt best heard while on the ground, with an armed soldier astraddle. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » The Dividing Line of Torture] Reference
Larry suggested, sitting astraddle a chair, after turning it wrong way around. From Wordnik.com. [Jinx High]
I sat myself astraddle on the stile, not fully grasping all the implications of these words. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
He grabbed a chair with one hand, spun it around, and sat down astraddle it across from Tully. From Wordnik.com. [The Huckleberry Murders] Reference
For the luckless Billiard, after turning a summersault high in the air, fell astraddle the neck of. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
He pulled out a chair, spun it around, and sat down astraddle it, his big arms resting on the back. From Wordnik.com. [The Huckleberry Murders] Reference
So I looked again at Bayard, who stood astraddle the heap of abandoned clothing, looking back at me. From Wordnik.com. [Virginity] Reference
And the Sunday shopper noticed that astraddle a bicycle in front of the poster was – Michael Musto!. From Wordnik.com. [Who Invented the Big Swarovski? Bikini Wax and Crystals for $105] Reference
The man on our side hopped across while the fellow on the far side helped the man standing astraddle. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
He was no longer moving forward, but he stood with legs astraddle and lifted Khyan high above his head. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
He had her down and was astraddle of her and was trying to tie her, but Janey was wiggling desperately. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
He would sit astraddle of a bench, Alfred would hold the frame off the floor, and Node would work his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
She rode astraddle as no proper Gernian girl would, and by that as much as by her garb I knew her for a mixed blood. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
He sat astraddle a bench on which he had spread his cards, and studied the newcomer with unworried, bright, beady eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
Said she, “How can he sleep who loveth the fair?” and, turning him over on his back, sat astraddle upon his breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The next morning, before good light, she woke up gagging at the blood smell and looked up to see Luke sitting astraddle of her. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
Starkadh loomed above the fire, legs astraddle, fists on hips, and nearly snarled, 'Too long have you slyly fended me off, you. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
"Now," Madame exclaimed, with the wild glare of a demoniac, "I will sit astraddle her waist, and Frank must do so also, facing me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies] Reference
The other leaned more against the rock, half sitting and half astraddle, and wearing leathern overalls, as if newly come from riding. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
When the last player in the column has received it he yells "Down" and runs forward astraddle the other players to the head of the column. From Wordnik.com. [Games and Play for School Morale A Course of Graded Games for School and Community Recreation] Reference
It was still alive when it hit the ground, but Rhes was astraddle it, pulling back the bony-plated head to cut the soft throat underneath. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
"Mrs. Roosevelt asked for some chalk and a ruler, and that she marked the midline in the line, and sat her chair right astraddle the line.". From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, February 6, 1991. Interview A-0337. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
White was after him, astraddle of the tar-wagon horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
He saw a ten-foot pair of bobs laden with children seated astraddle the board. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Bobby Orde] Reference
Declining a chair for himself, he planted his feet astraddle on the worn hearthrug. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Copas] Reference
Captain Hahn, legs astraddle, a-bulge with the sense of achievement, was giving orders. From Wordnik.com. [Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories] Reference
"You are not much of a liar, either," said I, jumping on to my horse astraddle, like a man. From Wordnik.com. [How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887] Reference
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