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.
have been gliding
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present perfect progressiveof glide.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For years now, those "argosies of magic sails" have been gliding in and out of airports as if flight were as natural to man as walking.
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