ridden
1 Americanverb
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unridden adjective
- well-ridden adjective
Etymology
Origin of -ridden
Special use of ridden
Example Sentences
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“And I just couldn’t wrap my head around it at first. In the finale, Kayce had ridden off into the sunset. So I thought, ‘Let him be, let him go.’
From Los Angeles Times
As recently as the past decade, IBM has ridden out the transition to software as a service and cloud-native computing, or the development of applications that can integrate into any cloud environment.
From Barron's
Even though they’d ridden slowly, Jonah was still drenched with sweat.
From Literature
He hadn’t ridden a bike in so long.
From Literature
Glicken had ridden three times in helicopters, seeing the same view each time.
From Literature
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