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    1. "Thirty four, twenty one, thirty three," doostEr answered, not breaking stride as he entered the alley they had to follow off the south end of the docks


    2. Alan already had his arm around it when this happened and he was able to crawl up onto it because the herd hadn't spread enough to let it take its stride


    3. Even so, a lightning bolt of pain stabbed it with its every stride


    4. Sefir takes it in her stride, appearing to enjoy the exercise presented by the sloping trackway


    5. It plunged in at full stride, it's tentacles unfolding from the running position in time to slap the water as it plunged beneath the lon


    6. There was a strange spring in my stride


    7. The riders were at ease on their dragons; the split second turns and twists were taken in stride


    8. ’ I replied, taking his reprimand in my stride, and holding my bowl out


    9. Adamant’s hooves slip nastily making me jump, but Berndt seems to take it in his stride


    10. We stride off down the path – it’s nice to be on foot for a change, though my leg muscles complain initially from the different form of exercise

    11. The boulders turned to rocks and it wasn't long before we were in our stride, ever dropping down and down through that slit in the land, like kids on a school trip chattering about all the nonsense in our lives, down and down toward the little chapel on the beach


    12. These souls, or whatever they were, seemed to take their presence in this heaven in stride


    13. His stride was so brisk he was already reaching for her shoulders


    14. boy,” Old Ged began, clearly settling into his stride, and leaving Tom


    15. marching he took entirely in his stride, having retained a high level of


    16. Her rhythmic stride faltered as the immensity of her surroundings battered through the veneer of self-important awareness in the twentieth century woman’s mind and struck at the primitive being beneath


    17. easily matching her stride to that of the men


    18. jaunty stride of the old man as he approached from the direction of


    19. They watched closely, when his staff hand was behind and the opposite foot was forward, he pivoted the staff up across behind him and catching hold with his free hand and setting his grip 'just so,' continued his stride smoothly and without disruption with the staff now swinging in the new hand


    20. Jameson advanced one stride at a time and walked straight through their numbers

    21. Their eyes were filled with tears and fear while LeCynic continued to stride toward them


    22. The ground was a little soft and she could feel herself leaving divots as she got up to stride


    23. into the square, he quickened his stride to block their


    24. ‘Oh stuff it,’ said Nate,’ as he turned and started to stride towards the brigadier’s house


    25. When she entered the court, every pair of eyes followed Chloe’s graceful stride


    26. She couldn’t see his face, but he descended the track with a determined stride


    27. Then, a dismissive head shake and a confident stride in the evening


    28. But they took it all in stride as they continued on


    29. Resolve tensions by taking unexpected happenings in stride, rather than being angry and placing blame


    30. They both walked along the valley; Josh with a kind of aggressive enthusiasm in his stride as he marched on a few metres ahead

    31. In a few minutes he was in stride


    32. The CSM took it all in his stride and looking at me and Elijah said


    33. Leah took all the flirting and teasing in stride, driving the boys crazy, Mother told me


    34. Because up until now it had been an adventure despite the squalor and filth of the peninsula I had taken everything in my stride and had put the same hard shell on as the others when dealing with things


    35. His stride was solid, as if he were sure of himself! Her heart couldn’t help beating fast as he came closer


    36. “What the fuck would you know about serving in the trenches you were sat in Egypt looking after a fucking canal when we were fighting on Gallipoli?” George’s lower lip stuck out and he looked like a kid whose sweeties had been pinched however I was well into my stride now and said


    37. However she took it in stride, and they all stayed at the Silvia home in Fayal for a couple of days, leaving on the seventh of September


    38. Jessie took everything in stride and with flying colors


    39. children took it in their stride and had fun with the picture


    40. I knew it would be difficult but I also knew that once I got into my stride I had no doubt that I could spot him

    41. CSM Domby came along he lit his pipe and puffed on it quite contentedly nothing seemed to bother him and he just took everything in his stride


    42. He watched Millicent stride to the ring and enter through the ropes


    43. Felicity took it all in stride, and didn’t budge when Roy thanked her for


    44. Sicarius glided over it without breaking stride


    45. Pumping his legs faster he lengthened his stride, his grey beard flapping over his shoulder


    46. She’d hardly broken stride before she was off again, leading the way into the wood


    47. Kay did not break her stride


    48. Eric’s stride hitched as his eyes came to those of his wife


    49. The couple continued following the package, not breaking stride when he turned into a small garden fronting one of the houses lining the street


    50. She called out that perhaps he could gain better control if they trotted and, without another word, signaled her stallion to increase its stride while her hips picked up the rhythm, moving as one with the animal







































    1. Johnny managed three strides, perhaps half the distance that he needed, before


    2. Hamo strides in, Mohammed in tow


    3. There was purpose and intent in his strides


    4. As soon as she recognised me as someone she could talk to, she let loose in Greek with a tirade of complaints and hand signals, touching my forearm, threatening her cargo and even taking strides away only to return with cries of admonishment


    5. I watch as he strides off down the corridor towards his own room


    6. With that, I took rapid strides and was out of his sight


    7. She has made terrific strides with her confidence – I am proud of her


    8. Yet, there were others walking through the Garden as well, their strides smooth, flowing


    9. It took only a couple quick strides of his long legs and Adros was in striking range


    10. covering it in three great strides

    11. The linen manufacture has not yet obtained it, but is making great strides towards it


    12. They had not taking more than a few strides when suddenly they stopped as a muffled whir of air was heard


    13. The suit should have made them a few kilos heavier, yet Scott felt strangely light, his strides had a bounce to them


    14. Scott lifted himself up off the Velcro-like contact points of his chair, and did the awkward strides towards the doctor


    15. The man, without a word, approached Deanna with long awkward strides


    16. Zardino who thankfully walked with his usual hurried strides


    17. When he had taken a number of decent strides away from the pair, he looked back over his shoulder to see their moonlit faces regarding him still


    18. He was focused on the path before him, taking long strides and using his spear like a walking staff


    19. “This is Fire on the Water,” she said as stepped in again, four long strides, flicking the blade in precise wide cuts that was created for warding off demons


    20. The man rubbed his square chin for a time, still taking long strides, before he stopped to turn to Adem and offer his hand as he said, “My clan will remain loyal to the Blue Water Dragon

    21. In two long strides he was standing before her, gathering her into his arms and kissing her


    22. He started walking forward, at first making slow awkward strides and then faster, and all the time Zolla's (imagined) voice in his head, Don't rationalise the absurd, Jimmy


    23. Terry slammed open the door and was across the room in four quick strides, but the man was already half-turned towards him, crouched in a fighter’s stance


    24. Reese walked the length toward her with a few quick strides, coming to a stop before her, his eyes lost in the shadows


    25. She forced herself into motion, taking the length of the hall in a few strides, resisting the urge to slow as she stepped through the open doorway and into the shadowed room beyond


    26. In the chambers below Fire Rock, Grindel was pacing back and forth with angry strides


    27. Then he was out on the street and running, his long, steady strides taking him further and further from his pursuer


    28. Crossing over the room in a couple of long strides, he passed so closely to Macey that she flinched, already feeling the cold blade sinking into her stomach


    29. She looked back after about 20 strides, but the stick man had been swallowed up by the gloom


    30. His crashing footsteps grew louder with each of Colling’s strides, and Colling began to hear his pursuer’s labored breathing over his own

    31. ’ In the last century, huge strides were made in knowledge…the double helix DNA discovery in the ‘50s and now, just a half-century later, the mapping of the entire human genome


    32. I have to run twice as fast to match my short strides to her long ones


    33. Eric strides past me and down the hallway to my left


    34. As Nick walked back to his table, taking lanky strides and looking down at the floor, a slow and building applause commenced


    35. He began forward, his strides long and purposeful


    36. Taking hurried strides across the carpet, they came quickly to the


    37. Outside, Zachary flings his car keys to me and strides over to the passenger side


    38. long legs made the walk across the room in several long strides


    39. By the time she was two long strides from him it clicked, he knew


    40. She takes two strides up to him, grabs a wooden tool Ralph does not recognise from the draining area and brandishes it in his face

    41. The mind-executioner strides towards him, and the dark cane he holds spits bright flame


    42. A man in a cloak strides through the confusion and uproar as if he is simply walking across a field


    43. “Wondrous work indeed, and the nearest Plane door was only strides from where we were


    44. In a few short strides the two of them passed the tree


    45. Gently scooping her up in strong arms amidst her vain protest, Moshe moved with long easy strides, outdistancing Leah’s attempt to stay close


    46. “We have made great strides


    47. He strides from the bedroom and runs through the darkened corridors of his home, hearing occasionally the scuttle of a river-rat as it flees from his approach


    48. So he swears under his breath in his mother’s tongue as he strides along the hallways towards the newly fragile stairs but, as he reaches them, something snags at his thought and he turns back


    49. The length of their strides show that


    50. Without any more words, he took two strides away from the window, reached out, grasped Simon’s hand and rested it on his skin, at the point where the skull met the neck






































    1. ‘Of course it matters!’ he shouted, striding over to where I am standing and snatching the peeler and potato out of my hands


    2. ‘A friend, eh?’ He said brutally, striding across the room and taking me by the shoulders


    3. ’ Iain commented complaisantly, striding towards the entrance


    4. 'Oh Sarah, we've been a couple of complete idiots!' he interrupted, striding across the floor between us and wrapping his arms firmly round me


    5. She glanced back towards the barracks to see Sheila striding along


    6. The torch gave good light and he made reasonable time for about half an hour, striding across the rough grass and moss, skirting any reeds he came across


    7. “I’ve been waiting for you,” the other man said, striding towards


    8. They crossed the conservatory of a lobby and were soon out and rounding a corner, striding up Clarke Street toward the River Bridge


    9. They were closing in on him, both machines striding purposefully toward him


    10. He saw two men approaching him, striding up the hill, their white robes billowing around them as they came

    11. The man was now striding towards the edge of the base, a sheer ragged drop before him


    12. The first day I was so happy to be striding along I ignored the weather


    13. Striding along in the shimmering sun beating down on the road, I stepped in a crevice cut in the stone


    14. “So he"s going to become a man of the desert as they are?” Joseph asked, striding along, yet watching the children


    15. When he had encountered Rosemary striding headlong, without a coat, in the middle of the night, he was not ignorant of her state of mind


    16. Rosemary strode on ahead along the slabbed path between the castellations and the fence, her hair billowing out behind her as she left the shelter of the tower, striding unconcerned as if she was walking in the safety of the Main Street


    17. A few mortal nobles were about also, though they cleared a path for the Guardians with Torin striding defiantly in their wake


    18. He swung on one heel and left the barn, striding to his truck


    19. Carmen glanced back to see a red-faced Josh striding toward her, still tucking in his shirt


    20. A disturbance at the entrance caught their attention and Carmen turned to see Alex striding purposefully across the floor toward them

    21. Sicarius, striding along at her side, did not share her inclination


    22. When he reached the main door he threw it open with a push, striding out into the courtyard, leaving the door wide behind him


    23. She found herself striding, then running, and she was up the steps to the wall, moving along the path, circling to the back, where she could stare out at the ocean, mourning the loss of one of her dearest dreams


    24. "Come on," he ordered, striding off in a huff


    25. After striding through a number of hallways, we came to a


    26. Soon he was absorbed into a maze of people, each striding purposefully in a chosen direction


    27. And then Sim was gone, striding out of the conference room with arms swinging purposefully


    28. “What about these ones?” she said to her brother, striding tall and yet cautiously through the thick underbrush, with long, prickly, arching creepers tugging at her leggings


    29. 8 million years ago, the first hominid to have the same striding posture as modern man and who inherited Homo habilis’ tool-making ability without having appeared to have improved on it very much


    30. She let him go striding back to the Glen, oozing delight and complacency, and she walked slowly up the hill home

    31. He waved the others to follow, striding down the passage, his


    32. striding with determination along the path, his firm glare


    33. God Boy could see the Visioneer come striding in with a great


    34. She told me that he was furious that she hadn‘t told him that she was coming, and that he went striding ahead of her – he was very tall and had long legs, and some woman told me that she felt as though she spent her life trying to keep up with Herb Robbins – and my mother said that she ran along side of him, ―so happy, like a little bird


    35. She said she must have blacked out, because the next thing she remembered is that everyone had left the bus, climbed up through the windows, which were now above them, and that my father was striding up and down on top of the seats, looking for his Navy hat


    36. The woman striding through the door shouted angrily


    37. “As I rounded the bend to his office door, he came striding out to meet me face on


    38. “Really?” I said, striding down the hall with the bowl


    39. “You little shit,” he said, striding after me as I crawled away


    40. What did this mean? As she opened her eyes, she could see the scribe stepping past the mind-cane on the floor and striding towards the water jug

    41. By the time his mind was clear enough to focus on his surroundings, he found himself striding along a narrow street he hadn’t seen before


    42. Before Simon could object, Ahelos had turned away and was striding deeper into the wood, Kanlin by his side


    43. Then, striding through the beaten animals and, in fact, barely acknowledging their presence, Gelahn reaches the place where the circle appeared and hunkers down, stretching his hand across the grass, fingers feeling for he knows not what, but he understands it is there


    44. the bar, and were striding towards the table


    45. and resumed striding for the door


    46. and Khua Su’s interpreter entered the hallway, striding in


    47. When she first arrived, there was something about the atmosphere which gave her pause but she shrugged her shoulders and brushed aside the undergrowth nonetheless, striding through into its dark safety


    48. So he moved through the castle rapidly, gathering cloak and boots where he had left them in his dressing area, and striding through the corridors and down the great stairs until he came to the outer hallway


    49. Ignoring even the presence of the scribe, now striding towards the mind-executioner, and the mysterious appearance of Isabella


    50. Before he could announce the young physicist, Kirk was striding directly to the figure seated behind the desk









































    1. As he strode out of


    2. The sun touched the horizon as he strode into view up steps behind the stage


    3. " He strode without slowing thru the door and Bahkmar shut it and armed it


    4. Wasting little time, she strode along the pavement and turned into the side street where the Association was based, arriving at the door slightly breathless and consequently more than a little annoyed that it should be so


    5. Setting a firm pace, she strode along the main road that led towards the bridge across the river; the station was on the other side of the river


    6. The skills he learned as Alan's father were still with him as he strode it down that ramp


    7. Berndt’s concerned eyes upon her, she pulled herself together and strode purposefully over to where Starlight was busily nibbling at the hedgerow


    8. The door opened easily and he strode to


    9. He was now so angry with the old woman because of her continual sniping about his nose that he stormed out of the bar and strode through the city streets in a foul temper for the rest of the night, but no matter how hard he looked or how many people he questioned, no one seemed to know anything about his stolen lover or about the evil kidnapper and his clapped out motor


    10. And then one lunchtime into Virgenia's strode the bus driver with the stammer

    11. I prayed for me as well because you irritating gawps really piss me off!' Then she strode over to join me at the cliff edge


    12. Godfrey, don't think I've finished with you yet!' Then he strode off to his bus, seething with suspicion and spite


    13. There was one sobering moment when we came to a trampled clearing where stalks and weeds were flattened and the sandy soil was stained with a mess of dried blood, we fell silent and strode on without reference


    14. Watching Alessandra enjoying the clouds as she strode on in front made me ignore any further nonsense from my calves and concentrate on that stepped and steady climb


    15. about his nose that he stormed out of the bar and strode through the


    16. There would be direct sun for a good fraction of an hour before the next wave of clouds strode in


    17. There were some places where the canal cut thru the bank, and one interesting spot where this three hundred foot wide canal strode above the ground as an aqueduct for more than two miles, at one point passing a hundred and forty feet above a small river in a valley that looked stuck in a much earlier age


    18. Joseph strode vehemently between kitchen and the backyard and stared at the place where his motorcycle used to sit


    19. Without further comment, she strode off down the path, humming to herself


    20. Some of the shop owners were just locking up for the day as Harry strode by them with his entourage in tow

    21. Perlag and strode into the courtyard before the


    22. Was it stopping? He leapt to his feet, strode quickly over to the window and peered out


    23. Over-confident and not concentrating properly, Andy strode off along the bridleway


    24. Ursilla turned sharply on her heel and strode out the


    25. She didn’t run off in tears, but her chin jutted and she strode purposefully as she disappeared down the stairs


    26. Without hesitation, Bram strode over to the nearest Guardian,


    27. Tom and Alistair nodded wordlessly, and they strode off along the


    28. The Sergeant strode along to the cell where Andy was spending his time


    29. With that, the Sergeant blithely strode off the way he had come


    30. estates belonging to the Bishopric of Troyes - strode

    31. “Ava,” he said as he strode into the room in a swirl of long-skirted robes, “it was good to hear from you, I think we have come to the same conclusion


    32. recently,' - then he strode determinedly out of the room


    33. Luckily, the man seemed to have no fear, and strode in


    34. Henri strode confidently


    35. in thought as he strode through the darkening streets


    36. She smiled as he strode across the floor towards her


    37. I strode into his office and held out my arms like a


    38. Grant strode across and met his sons glance toward the back amongst the oldest plants he had been collecting


    39. Grant studied the plant carefully and taking a shoot from its side he strode back into his home and picked up his plant reference guide


    40. Hogan strode out towards the back of the monastery walls and Conradie puffed along next to him, his fat wobbling and rolling as he struggled to keep up with the tall, long legged marine

    41. “Manager" she said as she strode aggressively over toward the counter, "What is going on?"


    42. They all strode behind him as he marched past the fountain, across the cobbles to a small concrete shack standing next to an enormous rotund building which had 'COURT HOUSE’ stenciled in gold across its entirity


    43. Then he strode over to the sad little lady


    44. Now he blessed his own perseverance as he strode up the


    45. He strode quickly across to the opposite corner and checked there to find the same


    46. ” Grandpa interrupted as he strode into the kitchen


    47. Ammon pulsed a thought of thanks back and strode off to ready the first wave of Orcs and goblins that would go through the gateway in force, in order to secure the area for the rest


    48. ” The giant strode forward and went to push Sky off the wall backwards


    49. He strode across the clearing to Mama who greeted him with a small curtsey


    50. ‘It’s amazing!’ said Jean as they strode up the main














































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    Synonyms for "stride"

    stride pace tread footstep step march parade sling bestride stamp stalk gait

    "stride" definitions

    a step in walking or running


    the distance covered by a step


    significant progress (especially in the phrase `make strides')


    walk with long steps


    cover or traverse by taking long steps