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.
were gliding
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past progressiveof glide.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Stocks were gliding on Wall Street's tailwinds, with the hope that tomorrow's U.S. inflation data shows the sort of cooling progress that could temper the interest rate outlook.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022
McIlroy was among those who thought the Arnold Palmer Invitational might have gone a little bit over the edge with its greens so yellow and bare that putts were gliding more than rolling.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
When he walks, it’s as if he were gliding.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2019
Just a few miles in, my dad and brother were gliding easily down switchback after switchback, and my short legs were struggling to keep pace.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2014
Thirty yards from shore, three black swans were gliding over the water, so serene ... no one had told them that war had come, and they cared nothing for burning towns and butchered men.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
