Wiktionary
vb. To cease walking at the same gait.
Usage examples of "break stride".
She must pay attention now so she wouldn't have to break stride and backtrack.
Still it took him several minutes to overtake the runner, and at his frantic question the man did not break stride.
Still it took him several minutesto overtake the runner, and at his frantic question the mandid not break stride.
While he wrapped the thong around his wrist Nefer watched Krus' ears for any sign that he would break stride again, but he held them pricked forward and ran true.
The boy leaped from his mount before it could break stride and hit the ground at a run.
Gerswin did not break stride as he watched the other gain ten meters.
Sornnn did not break stride but now it all seemed clear to him, laid out like an architect's holoprint, dimensions measured, angles calculated, length, width, height.
Magiere didn't break stride at the whinny of a horse behind her, and then the thunder of its hooves faltered.
Massedar didn't break stride but moved right up against her, looking down upon her fair face as he gripped her head in his hands.
Ailell did not break stride, though, and Paul and the lios alfar hastened to keep up as the King opened another door on the opposite wall of the bedchamber and passed through that as well into a short corridor, at the end of which was another heavy door.