coasting

Example Sentences

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But it didn’t seem to bother him, and he got quite used to coasting through politics.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

“But I tell them, and the kids of my clients, that you have to keep going when you’re young. Then you can start coasting when you are in your early 40s.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

These include recovering while at full throttle, known as "super-clip", and lifting and coasting, as well as the standard method, during braking.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Captain Ben Stokes on Saturday called the fifth and final Test against Australia a "huge game" for England and vowed there would be no coasting at the end of a long and draining Ashes tour.

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026

He became a familiar sight in Ayemenem, coasting importantly down the narrow road in his wide car, looking outwardly elegant but sweating freely inside his woollen suits.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy