coasting

Example Sentences

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Coasting on his prewar renown, he won elections to Congress and as governor of Massachusetts, but he did little but make new enemies and dismay old friends: “The resolve ossified to rigidity.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022

Coasting is when you drive with the car in neutral, or with the clutch pedal held down.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2022

Coasting into the long walkway back to the media center and locker room, she shrugged her shoulders when her time — 53.88 seconds — flashed on the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre jumbotron.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022

Coasting toward a gold medal at the 2006 Turin Games and, adding a little style to a coronating jump, she slipped and skidded to the snow.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2018

Coasting through the school door, weaving and winding across the pavement, riding the asphalt wave, avoiding the bus waiters and the pickup parents.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds