1 America's media companies bestride the globe.

2 He was a great leader that bestrode two centuries.

3 The boy was bestriding the fence.

4 The colossal monument bestrode the harbour.

5 He bestrode the chair as though it were a horse.

6 He bestrode his house.

7 This flawed titan bestrides the history of his age like a colossus.

8 He bestrode me like some stalwart saint of old, defending my prone body with buckler and flaming sword.

9 Never have so many human mastodons bestridden the earth as now.