Women had to ride astride in order to obtain the security of position required to actually control the animal themselves. From LearnThat.org. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-saddle]
She sat astride the chair. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The rider finally pulled astride Jonas and his horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Divide] Reference
But he had seen the news clips of Yeltsin astride the tank. From Wordnik.com. [The People Vs. The Plotters] Reference
"All right," cried the Doctor, getting astride one of the horses. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
He managed to get comfortably astride, in spite of his imprisoned hands. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Before she was 10, Elena was burning rubber astride a Yamaha motorcycle. From Wordnik.com. [Another Ford Behind The Wheel] Reference
Twice he reared and fell backwards, and twice Dan was astride as he rose. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
He placed her behind his saddle, astride of the horse as if she were a man. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Then another man, seated astride the division between the stalls, could be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
Then the Hermès Birkin-toting woman sitting astride a motorbike, with her family. From Wordnik.com. [The Business Of Scandal] Reference
At the time I was in my bedroom and astride John, who was on his back, blindfolded. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Can't Be a Hare Krishna] Reference
The children needed no second invitation, and were soon astride their strange steeds. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
Several of them were astride horses who clip clopped on the hard pavement of Broadway. From Wordnik.com. [February 1964] Reference
Standing astride both two continents, Istanbul is the unique collision of Europe and Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Juliet Kinsman: Hip and Historical Istanbul] Reference
He still watches "Friends" and "King of Queens" reruns whilst astride the gym stationary bike. From Wordnik.com. [As the network onslaught begins, what if the TV critic picked out shows just for you?] Reference
During the entire proceeding, at the post and down by the lake, the judge sat astride his mule. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
McPherson was moving astride of the railroad, near Decatur; Schofield along a road leading toward. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
A position astride an unfordable stream, or high ridge or deep ravine should therefore be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
She sat astride one of these, swinging to and fro and luxuriating in her sense of freedom and adventure. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Half a century after Hollywood director John Huston raced astride a camel and won in Virginia City, Nev. From Wordnik.com. [And the Camels Are Off!] Reference
McPherson had the Fifteenth Corps astride the Augusta Railroad, and the Seventeenth deployed on its left. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But the two men got the upper hand, and, astride the prostrate form, the detective forced on the handcuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The merchant who led the rest was a thin little man but he was richly robed and astride a heavy black mare. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
To stop them, four six-man Green Beret A-teams were given the mission of holding a bridge astride the route. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Invasion] Reference
At sundown, the most - wanted man in Ghazni province comes roaring down a country road astride his motorcycle. From Wordnik.com. [Unholy Allies] Reference
Considerably impressed, Jim turned a chair around and seated himself astride it, folding his arms across the back. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
The boys were still astride the bicycles and neither foot was resting on the road to prop up the infernal bicycles. From Wordnik.com. [Bicycle Boys] Reference
Broken Feather drew down his hands, and folded his arms across his chest, sitting very upright astride of his horse. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
And happy were the boys, sitting astride on the branches, and sawing away as if they received wages for all they did. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
"It must have been adrift a good while," said David, clambering on to the keel of the boat, and getting astride on it. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
He was accordingly carried carefully to the trail, and placed astride of one of the horses in front of one of the hunters. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Sophie stood astride her bike, holding the carriage out to Camille, but she seemed not to notice it, staring at her feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Messenger] Reference
Last week Marcos emerged, astride a black motorcycle, to launch a national tour before Mexico's presidential election in July. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Rebel] Reference
Placing the boy on his back, he swam around for awhile, and then, deciding to float, turned over, seating the boy astride his chest. From Wordnik.com. [And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses] Reference
But it was the rider at the chief's side -- a rider astride of a lank, piebald prairie pony -- who arrested Rube's closest attention. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
He got the poor fellow down on his back, and then getting astride of his chest, he applied the turnkeys and pulled away for dear life. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
And she masturbated into oblivion that night astride the hotel bed, before getting in her rental car and hitting the asphalt. From Wordnik.com. [What You Never Thought You Wanted] Reference
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