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
Kalulu, to wile away the time and to cheer his companions, struck up, in a low voice, the boat song of the Liemba, with the chorus “We are gliding, Swiftly gliding.”
From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
