bestrode

• “So they gave him each an hundred gold pieces, after which he slew them and took their mules, one of which he mounted, whilst Ala al-Din bestrode the other.”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “To be sure, "Greater Germany was a reality: it bestrode the continent, its economy was the strongest and its political model was the most dynamic.”

  The Washington Post: Roger Moorhouse's "Berlin at War," reviewed by Jonathan Yardley

• “Sometimes it almost frightens me to think that they are grandchildren, MY grandchildren — I, who only the other day, it would seem, was as heart-free, leg-free, care-free a girl as ever bestrode a horse, or swam in the big surf, or gathered opihis at low tide, or laughed at a dozen lovers.”

  ON THE MAKALOA MAT

• “Britain bestrode the world like a colossus and only those with strong nerves or weak judgment dared challenge the Pax Britannica.”

  The Guardian: 20 predictions for the next 25 years

• “In making the "intrusiveness" argument, Cameron is probably drawing on a dimly remembered era in Tory folk memory when feminists bestrode the Earth.”

  The Guardian: Child benefit and binocular man

• “I realized I could bear just about any kind of awkwardness, embarrassment or disappointment, but I never, ever wanted to feel sorry for the man who once bestrode my world like a colossus in a white catsuit trimmed with silver studs.”

  The Washington Post: Allison Pearson's 'I Think I Love You': A celebrity crush turns star-crossed

• “Would her proteanness never end? he wondered, as he glanced over the magnificent, sweating, mastered creature she bestrode.”

  CHAPTER XII

• “Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch bestrode the media world like a colossus.”

  Is Rupert Murdoch Losing His Magic Touch?

• “Also, in the end she wept, so that I was raped of my vision, and it was Har, naked and clinging, that bestrode the stallion when he vaulted away.”

  Chapter 21

• “Along with Breville's sandwich toaster it bestrode the 70s and 80s DIY processed food landscape like a giant dust-gathering colossus.”

  The Guardian: The Hard Sell: Sodastream

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