Alan Huffman

When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history.

American Author

Eric Liu

Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?

American Writer

Fareed Zakaria

Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.

American Journalist

Brian Lumley

But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if I'm away from the machine for more than a couple of hours during the day, this little guy's lashing away.

English Writer

Bettany Hughes

Children hop around Phylakopi on sea-polished pebbles the size of bean bags and bask themselves, alongside the lizards, astride the sturdily built walls of Iron Age homes.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.

Austrian Philosopher

Bradley Chicho

Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gathered astride the tide.

English Poet

Samuel Beckett

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

Irish Playwright

Lemuel K. Washburn

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.

Used to describe a way of sitting or standing, emphasizing posture and balance.

Physical Position

Implies control or dominance over something by physically being atop it.

Control Implication

Can be used figuratively to represent having responsibilities or roles in two different areas.

Figurative Use

Often used to describe a fluid movement, like jumping or hopping onto something.

Action Oriented

Evokes a strong visual of someone positioned over an object, enhancing description.

Visual Imagery

Used to indicate that something covers or affects both sides of a geographical feature or area.

Spanning Locations

Can describe a concept or institution that influences or connects diverse groups or fields.

Metaphorical Boundary

 Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

"New Colossus" by Emma...

 only 600 miles from the Pole, and this is arguably the most strategic island you've never heard of. It's a place called Svalbard. It sits astride the sea lanes

How the military fights...

 mother hell like she sits astride her eggs on the leaves of a birch tree not budging while the young hatch beneath her the little bugs cluster together

Astride