Sentence examples for straddle that from inspiring English sources

After two years, the home is still a work in progress, but it performs the kind of cultural straddle that has been the soul of Mr. Brathwaite's work.

By refusing to say whether he supports it (as he did in 1996) or opposes it (as he did in 2008), he remained in a straddle that will soon strain public patience.

This is because Indiana, a state that...has two time zones, (a) usually goes solidly Republican in Presidential elections and (b) closes its polls at 6 P.M. local time, which means from a New York perspective that they close at 6 P.M. in some counties and 7 P.M. in others a straddle that provides a convenient lead-in for Election Night television coverage.

This is because Indiana, a state that...has two time zones, (a) usually goes solidly Republican in Presidential elections and (b) closes its polls at 6 P.M. local time, which means from a New York perspective that they close at 6 P.M. in some counties and 7 P.M. in others a straddle that provides a convenient lead-in for Election Night television coverage..

Scientists have discovered a new mating position named the dorsal straddle that appears to only be used by the Bombay night frog, The Guardian reports.

Jump into a straddle that is close to full splits.

The upshot of this dance is that Mr. Brown appears to be both for abortion rights and against them, a straddling that prompted one Twitter user to write that his positioning seemed "like being a little bit pregnant".

There are hedges and straddles that can make you money regardless of what the market does.

Obama's approach straddles that divide somewhat, calling for massive deployment efforts as well as more funding of basic energy science by a new agency, ARPA-E.

The problem here is that like with many mid-range phones, the Ion straddles that very fine line between "good" and "great," and it doesn't seem to have quite enough oomph to push it over the edge.

"Morris's career straddled that divide".