Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit of stride.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete See strude.
  • imp. of stride.

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  • verb Simple past of stride.
  • verb Past participle of stride

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Examples

  • Without exchanging another word, the two men strode from the hut and walked away from the village.

    Caribou House « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • Humming the Michelob jingle, Macklin strode to the rear of the car, squatted, and pulled a folded sticker from his back pocket.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • Flannery glared at him and without a word strode from the room, slamming the outer door behind him.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • With that the woman strode from the room, her little band of soldiers following her out the door, which shut with a resounding thud.

    Hunger Moon: Chapter Sixteen amberfocus 2008

  • When Mr. Bush finished his five-minute statement — with reporters arranged before him in White House-assigned seats, waiting for the news conference that appeared to be coming — he abruptly turned on his heel and strode from the room, ignoring all questions.

    March 2004 2004

  • But instead of staying to shake hands, to move from table to table, to take names and phone numbers, to marshal some of this excitement for that "door-to-door" movement he had envisioned, Sharpton abruptly strode from the ballroom and the hotel.

    Pompadour With a Monkey Wrench 2004

  • But instead of staying to shake hands, to move from table to table, to take names and phone numbers, to marshal some of this excitement for that "door-to-door" movement he had envisioned, Sharpton abruptly strode from the ballroom and the hotel.

    Pompadour With a Monkey Wrench 2004

  • Webster rose to his full height, tucked his bag under his arm, and without another word strode down the aisle and out of the courtroom.

    Alvin Journeyman Card, Orson Scott 1995

  • The young King smiled coldly, then with a little careless backward nod as dismissing the subject, strode from the room.

    The Golden Apple Tree 1920

  • Then he looked at his watch, and without another word strode into the hall, got his hat, and left the house, leaving Aunt Jane and me staring into each other's faces.

    Mary Marie 1920

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