How to Use stride for stride in a Sentence

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• Adams ran a go route with Kendricks running stride for stride deep downfield with his back to Aaron Rodgers.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
• But Freedom Fighter wouldn’t give up, and the two ran stride for stride until the final jumps where Concert Tour won the race.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2021
• For 23 laps of the 25-lap race, the rising American star went stride for stride with a dozen or so of the best distance runners in the world and didn’t give an inch.
  — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
• Over the final 60 meters Lane and Preston were deadlocked stride for stride.
  — cleveland, 3 June 2022
• The two matched each other stride for stride until Beam pulled just far enough ahead to cross the finish line third to claim the state championship for his team.
  — David Harten, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2021
• Corner Canyon defensive back Dallin Moore ran stride for stride, managing to get a hand on the pass.
  — Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
• The first was a toe-dragging 19-yarder and the second an over-the-shoulder catch to the New York 16 with Dion Lewis running stride for stride and one foot barely staying inbounds.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Oct. 2020
• The tense, even game was emblematic of the way these teams played each other all regular season, matching each other stride for stride, win for win.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2021
• In its way, the day seemed to match the competitors stride for stride, summoning all the resources of autumn in Washington, to bring out the glowing best of the animals and their surroundings.
  — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2020
• Mathison ran with Steury stride for stride until almost 3,000 meters, and Guerra was close behind.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2020
• Against Nebraska, another jet sweep broke through, but in the open field, Oweh matched the Cornhuskers’ wide receiver stride for stride, nearly nabbing him before the goal line on a 45-yard touchdown.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2021
• The Panthers’ cornerbacks just did not have the speed to match Evans stride for stride, and Brady played with an unusually aggressive mind set after an entire season of dinking and dunking relentlessly.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Nov 2024