Sentence examples for straddles the river from inspiring English sources

They live at Streatley, which straddles the river with Goring – where George Michael lives.

The old Blackfriars station on the north bank of the Thames has been extended so that it straddles the river, with an entrance at either end.

The Jiaxiu Pavilion is Guiyang's must-have photo: dating from 1598, this three-storey Ming masterpiece straddles the river atop the equally beguiling Floating Jade Bridge.

It's why culture vultures find the city, particularly the arts-and-music quarter that straddles the river Corrib, a refreshing alternative to Dublin.

The house straddles the river, and lucky guests who get the room above it will be lulled to sleep by the sound of the water.

The first was the transformation under him of Seoul, the capital city, which straddles the river, from the rubble of the 1950-53 Korean War into an industrialized metropolis.

Both districts straddle the river; it does not separate them.

Frankfurters, in particular, are proud of the huge chemical complex straddling the river Main at Hoechst, west of the city.

All these straddle the river; now, a place that lies only on one bank is looking to hyphenate: Gravesend.

The huge Friday mosque beneath the two giant minarets must have filled the entire base of the gorge, straddling the river.

It was here, a week before Christmas in 1994, that three spelunkers exploring the limestone cliffs above the Pont d'Arc, a natural bridge of awesome beauty and scale which resembles a giant mammoth straddling the river gorge, unearthed a cave that made front-page news.