gliding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Those kind of scenes come once in never, where you feel like you’re letting the character drive, and you’re just gliding behind it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"It was so fast, but it felt like it was in slow motion; it was like I was just gliding in the air – it was crazy," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Depending on your temperament, breaking things down by location may be enough to get you gliding from zone to zone.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Mayor Richard J. Daley was gliding toward easy re-election and was also benefiting from generous TV time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Nina Yegorova-Arefjeva, an armorer for the 46th Guards, said that “sometimes, when our planes were throttled back gliding in over the target, the Germans would cry out, ‘Night witches!’, and our crews could hear them.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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