Sentence examples for can straddle from inspiring English sources
The way that Shuckburgh can straddle both Whitehall and the research base is critical.
No other director can straddle the arthouse/Hollywood divide with such audacity.
We aren't fleet-footed as a cheetah, but we can straddle a horse or a motorcycle.
When its legs are fully extended, it can straddle 13 feet.
The Ignis is a compact crossover and, says Suzuki, "can straddle the boundary between daily life and leisure".
All are low to the ground, so that diminutive riders can straddle them while standing on both feet.
It is also true to say that the way in which tasks are operationalised in some scales can reflect both cognitive and physical components, and can potentially straddle both body functions and activities within the ICF categorisation.
The facile illusion nurtured by Blair and the Conservatives that the UK can forever straddle the Atlantic, avoiding a choice between America and Europe, will collapse.
The latest name du jour for deputy secretary of state is Eric S. Edelman, now ambassador to Turkey, who is seen as someone -- perhaps the only one on the planet -- who can comfortably straddle all the relevant political worlds.
How long can Cisneros straddle the party's divide?
The fury exchanged between centre-left and radical left forces across Europe is, all too often, a deflection from an uncomfortable truth: that neither has so far produced a convincing answer to how these multiple divisions can be straddled, and how a viable electoral coalition can be produced that would win power.
