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 glided
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present perfectof glide.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Melnichenko's vessel is one of six Russian-linked yachts that have glided between Maldives' atolls, southwest of India, since Western nations hit some oligarchs with sanctions in response to the Feb 24 invasion.
From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2022
He said if the pilot had dropped the nose, the plane would have glided and he could have at least kept control as it came to the ground.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
These are just some of the fates met by the giant balloons that have glided through the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York over the years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
In the micro view of the 2016-17 season, the Wizards should have glided optimistically into the postseason.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2017
I can hardly believe that twenty years have glided by since then, but so it is; and to this day we call dear old grey-whiskered Frank, ‘Kate’s Prince.’
From Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn
