Verb (used without object) : to stride across a puddle. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : He was walking a stride or two ahead of the others. ,rapid strides in mastering algebra. From Dictionary.com.
With which parting threat Robin strode off to join his brothers and sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Peace Egg and a Christmas Mumming Play] Reference
The former turned, and without a word strode away and threw himself upon the heather. From Wordnik.com. [In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce] Reference
Without exchanging another word, the two men strode from the hut and walked away from the village. From Wordnik.com. [Caribou House « A Fly in Amber] Reference
Billy rose with dignity, and without a word strode down the path to the gate and thence up the road. From Wordnik.com. [Lydia of the Pines] Reference
"Murtha," drawled a deep voice, as the owner of the name strode in, impatiently brushing aside the clerk. From Wordnik.com. [The Ear in the Wall] Reference
Then he looked at his watch, and without another word strode into the hall, got his hat, and left the house, leaving. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Marie] Reference
The young King smiled coldly, then with a little careless backward nod as dismissing the subject, strode from the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Apple Tree] Reference
Humming the Michelob jingle, Macklin strode to the rear of the car, squatted, and pulled a folded sticker from his back pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-04-01] Reference
And there, sure enough, the Black Captain strode by, with his sword clattering as if it did not know whose head to cut off first. From Wordnik.com. [Jackanapes] Reference
With that the woman strode from the room, her little band of soldiers following her out the door, which shut with a resounding thud. From Wordnik.com. [Hunger Moon: Chapter Sixteen] Reference
Then with a start he seemed to awake as if from a bad dream, and without another word strode down the remaining stairs into the night. From Wordnik.com. [Jack O' Judgment] Reference
Webster rose to his full height, tucked his bag under his arm, and without another word strode down the aisle and out of the courtroom. From Wordnik.com. [Alvin Journeyman]
Amaryllis turned without a word and strode to the door. From Wordnik.com. [Amaryllis] Reference
He strode from the wood into the melee. From Wordnik.com. [The Pig’s End « A Fly in Amber] Reference
Then, seizing his hat, he strode from the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
Sarah Palin strode onto the stage, cheeky from the start. From Wordnik.com. [Palin Reignites The Culture War] Reference
An officer tried for my attention as I strode across the room. From Wordnik.com. [Small Victory: the realm of pawns] Reference
Without a word, Martín strode up the stairs and toward the office. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Tarzan] Reference
As the men strode through the halls, Jamilla bit her lip and hugged her belly. From Wordnik.com. [Jerusalem Up Against the Wall] Reference
I adjusted the straps on my silver platforms, and strode out into the middle of I-94. From Wordnik.com. [Salome Danced] Reference
"The war strode in havoc through the lives of millions," Churchill wrote Pamela's parents. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy Is a Pesky Thing] Reference
Even in the decades after it lost its empire, Britain strode the world like a pocket superpower. From Wordnik.com. [Forget the Great In Britain] Reference
Last evening, after a stultifying day of leaderly remarks, the Cuban leader strode to the lectern. From Wordnik.com. [Upstaged] Reference
Later, as Baron strode through the newsroom, one staffer kindly offered a bit of sotto voce advice. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Sins of the Fathers] Reference
And Miss Utah strode the runway of the 2007 Miss America pageant in a modestly cut one-piece swimsuit. From Wordnik.com. [Girls Going Mild(er)] Reference
During a peace demonstration, she strode alone across the bridge toward the Serb side and was shot dead. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Spring In Sarajevo] Reference
As he strode down the ramp from his Air Force plane in his blue tailored suit, Colin Powell projected a posture of engagement. From Wordnik.com. [Powell's New War] Reference
Daley wouldn't waste his time preening for the cameras as he strode boldly into some E.R. to comfort a street cop's young widow. From Wordnik.com. [City Slickers] Reference
Yet each time Papi strode across the stage in his tuxedo and plum-colored velvet cape, Enrique's heart rose an inch in his chest. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
Here, after all, is the actor who first strode into the public imagination in 1962 as the impossibly dashing "Lawrence of Arabia.". From Wordnik.com. [&Quot;There Is A Legend. And To Protest Is Daft.&] Reference
As Hernandez strode a few blocks from school, he passed a scrap-metal recycling plant and aluminum smelter that "smelled nasty," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Wilds of Oakland, Calif.] Reference
Cheers rose up as a stout, bearded middle-aged man in a tightly buttoned vest strode solemnly to the microphone and began to recite poetry. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing But Music] Reference
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