Sentence examples for of striding from inspiring English sources

But instead of striding out confidently onto the stage, the former neurosurgeon idled awkwardly in a corridor.

As one legislator bitingly said, "We've got two parties and a celebrity .Now, after four years of striding the stage, Mr Ventura is walking sulkily off.

He has an impression of striding along a natural surface, along some coastal wilderness, on a smooth slab of basalt causeway he vaguely recalls from a childhood holiday.

I walked and walked – it was some time before the novelty of striding away dissipated, by which time I was lost.

They dragged their feet instead of striding bravely forward; they cursed each other constantly and lazed about for long periods on the ground".

Instead of striding in, lighting up, inhaling deeply and saying, "What a dump!", she looked nervous in a green suede jacket, and came over all motherly.

He has also made previously unheard-of strides in courting foreign investment.

The reassurance of Trott striding out to bat was incalculable.

"He's made lots of strides offensively.

But the forthright president seems increasingly long of stride.

Quotes from his liner notes for Earl Hines and Donald Lambert, quotes his definition of stride piano.