gliding

/ ˈɡlaɪdɪŋ /

noun

1. the sport of flying in a glider

Example Sentences

Indy stands about two feet tall, so the camera often stays at that height too, gliding close to the floor where the view from under the bed looks as big as an airplane hangar.

From Los Angeles Times

Between Del Toro’s two rampaging performances here and in this year’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” I’m convinced there’s nothing nicer than gliding in his wake as he barges through the world.

From Los Angeles Times

Makai Lemon came screaming across the center of the field, gliding past one Michigan State defender, then another, moving as if the world around him were in slow motion.

From Los Angeles Times

And he looked superb at times during his Wimbledon run: the serve firing, the feet gliding into the corners.

From BBC

He played a Mendelssohn concerto, a Beethoven concerto and the Brahms double concerto for violin and cello, his bow gliding effortlessly as it sliced through the madness.

From Los Angeles Times

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