glide
Example Sentences
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Goddesses on roller skates glide in buttery figure eights across the glass-fiber-reinforced concrete.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The visitors took a deserved lead when scrum-half Bracken collected from a ruck to glide past Cokansiga on his inside, dotting down for a try that Farrell slotted comfortably.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Senatorial courtesy seemed as though it would glide Mullin along expeditiously.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Helmuth hears Mutti dressing for work, the smooth wooden glide of bureau drawers, Open, shut.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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