glide

Example Sentences

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And the closing “Sonora” is a spirited epic with a gliding beat and a modal jam that sounds like the instrumental coda from the Who’s “Baba O’Riley” played by an early iteration of Kraftwerk.

From The Wall Street Journal

One whispers, “I don’t think we can cut it, though,” once she glides out of the room.

From Los Angeles Times

“With surfing and skating, there’s always been that mix of flow and violence. You’re carving, you’re gliding, and then sometimes you take a wave on the head,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

By the age of nine, she’d learned to glide to a gentle stop.

From Literature

The snowmobile glided to a stop, and he slumped off the seat, taking George with him as they flumped into the snow.

From Literature