How do you use Straddles in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Straddles meaning
plural of straddle
Using Straddles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of straddle
- In the example corpus, straddles often appears in combinations such as: straddles the, which straddles, that straddles.
Context around Straddles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Straddles
- In this selection, "straddles" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conference, district, neighborhood, north, allegheny and kings stand out and add context to how "straddles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include boardwalk which straddles the embankment and brasstown which straddles the border. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "straddles" sits close to words such as abortive, adel and agonising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with straddles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ponte Vecchio straddles the Arno River. (6 words)
An avalanche warning was issued for the Sierra Nevada backcountry around Lake Tahoe, which straddles the California-Nevada border. (19 words)
Cleverly perhaps straddles the two, ostensibly a reasonable pragmatist but happy to champion unworkable policies if they prove popular. (19 words)
A boardwalk which straddles the embankment between the Aird Meadow and Castle Semple Lochs has also been built to allow visitors a new and close-up view over the wetland, and to discover some of the area’s cultural history. (40 words)
It straddles that sometimes-uncomfortable gap between "true EV" models and those that have evolved, and there's also the question of whether it's a SUV (as Genesis calls it) or a premium hatch. (35 words)
Police said the migrants died while trying to cross illegally into the United States through Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, which straddles provincial and international boundaries and includes regions of Quebec, Ontario and New York state. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
An avalanche warning was issued for the Sierra Nevada backcountry around Lake Tahoe, which straddles the California-Nevada border.
As everyone in tech announces AI in everything and Apple readies its first for next year, Meta's at the company's developer-focused Connect conference straddles both sides at once.
Asva belongs to a category of solo fund managers who have successfully launched an early-stage fund that straddles North America and Southeast Asia.
Because the district straddles Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, and the two election boards were interpreting the rules in different ways.
Biologists Kier Mitchel Pitogo, Aljohn Jay Saavedra, and Ronny Boos discovered the species, Pinalia campanulata, in the Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area (KBA), which straddles the provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato.
But a series of winter storms has already started refilling the lake, which straddles Kings and Tulare counties, causing residents to evacuate and flooding croplands and ranches.
Hellcat has major ties to Marvel's mystical world, and straddles the line between public superheroism and patrolling the shadows.
Its first performance occurred ninety years ago this week: on December 19, 1933 at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, which straddles the border between Cherokee and Clay counties.
It straddles that sometimes-uncomfortable gap between "true EV" models and those that have evolved, and there's also the question of whether it's a SUV (as Genesis calls it) or a premium hatch.
It straddles two tectonic plates, which are divided by an undersea mountain chain that oozes molten hot rock, or magma.
Police said the migrants died while trying to cross illegally into the United States through Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, which straddles provincial and international boundaries and includes regions of Quebec, Ontario and New York state.
The Greenway Downs neighborhood “straddles” both Falls Church City and Fairfax County, as it is located on South Washington Street and Lee Highway outside of the city.
The Helmand River flows from the mountains of the central Afghan province of the same name for more than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) into Lake Hamoun, which straddles the Afghanistan-Iran border.
A boardwalk which straddles the embankment between the Aird Meadow and Castle Semple Lochs has also been built to allow visitors a new and close-up view over the wetland, and to discover some of the area’s cultural history.
As Benjamin writes though, he straddles the line of starter and backup, never truly establishing himself one way or another.
Cleverly perhaps straddles the two, ostensibly a reasonable pragmatist but happy to champion unworkable policies if they prove popular.
Enter: the femmicure — also referred to as the queer or lesbian manicure and sometimes called lesbian nails — a nail trend that (auto)straddles both fashion and functionality.
House building giant Taylor Wimpey already has permission to build up to 134 houses on the upside-down L-shaped plot that straddles Old Vicarage Lane immediately south of Magdalene Close.
It straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a crack in the ocean floor separating the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.
Ponte Vecchio straddles the Arno River.
Common combinations with straddles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- straddles the 39×
- which straddles 14×
- that straddles 7×
- straddles both 6×
- and straddles 4×
- it straddles 4×
- he straddles 4×
- she straddles 3×
- straddles two 2×