glide
verb (used without object)
to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
are gliding
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present progressiveof glide.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She points to a stretch of water where three ducks are gliding by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Next comes marching forward on the ice, then, before you know it, skaters are gliding, picking up speed each session.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
The International Skating Union’s new system, adopted in 2004, rewards difficult, higher-risk moves, especially in the latter part of the program when skaters are gliding across the ice on tired legs.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2018
Ptychozwooms are gliding gekkotans that use large membranes and limb and tail flaps to cover distance in the treetops.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2013
When you think you’ve got them, there they are gliding past your nose, and safe and sound at anchor under their batteries, or in some snug harbour where you can’t get at them.
From True Blue by William Henry Giles Kingston
