gliding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"I often see kites gliding above the area and sometimes, if I'm lucky, they are barely above the rooftops," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
"Everyone loves the feeling of flying, of gliding, it’s magical," he says.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Even when Kok and Leerdam were warming up, gliding by at a snail’s pace compared to skaters during their race, the crowd cheered, the skating stars in acknowledgement.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
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 • Feb. 3, 2026
A lone seagull was gliding along the river’s edge, flipping a wing to correct itself as it went.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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