GLIDE in a Sentence

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139 example sentences for GLIDE, such as:

1. The bird glided to the ground.
2. The new dance consists of a series of glides.
3. They glided along the wall until they were out of sight.
4. Hang gliding and paragliding are allowed from the top of Windy Hill.
5. Some dance springily, some glide softly, some move with grave dignity.

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 Meanings and Examples of GLIDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
glide
 v.  slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
Classic Sentence: (132 in 9 pages)
1  That we better glide out of this before three in the morning, and clip it down the river with what we've got.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI.
2  Then he stooped down and begun to glide along the wall, just his shoulders showing over the people's heads.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII.
3  So life went on for them as it does for those who are not victims of misfortune and whose activities glide along mechanically and tranquilly beneath the eye of providence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
4  After a short time, the count saw Bertuccio, who, until then, had been occupied on the other side of the house, glide into an adjoining room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 62. Ghosts.
5  The piercing eye of Monte Cristo glanced through clusters of bushes and trees, and was soon relieved from all anxiety, for seeing a shadow glide between the yew-trees, Monte Cristo recognized him whom he sought.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
6  But the two snakes glide away to the high sanctuary and seek the fierce Tritonian's citadel, and take shelter under the goddess' feet beneath the circle of her shield.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
7  A wind rising astern follows us forth on our way, and we glide at last to the ancient Curetean coast.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
8  Meanwhile the wind falls with sundown; and weary and ignorant of the way we glide on to the Cyclopes' coast.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
9  When they saw the high ships, saw them glide up between the shady woodlands and rest on their silent oars, the sudden sight appals them, and all at once they rise and stop the banquet.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
10  But since bitter doom is upon her, up, glide from heaven, O Nymph, and seek the Latin borders, where under evil omen they join in baleful battle.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
11  As his lips rested on it he felt it glide slowly from beneath them, and saw that Mattie had risen and was silently rolling up her work.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
12  Now the other side presented itself to Lily, the volcanic nether side of the surface over which conjecture and innuendo glide so lightly till the first fissure turns their whisper to a shriek.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
13  Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 58. Brit.
14  Some dance springily, some glide softly, some move with grave dignity.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
15  She felt the glide of his cheek on her thighs and belly and buttocks, and the close brushing of his moustache and his soft thick hair, and her knees began to quiver.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
Example Sentence:
1  Your dependable dog team will glide along the forested trails and frozen lakes in this winter wonderland north of Whitehorse.
2  They glided along the wall until they were out of sight.
3  The bird glided to the ground.
4  So soft was her step, it failed to make even a sound, and but for the magical thrill imparted by her genial touch, as other unobtrusive beauties, she would have glided away un-perceived--unsought.
5  The wake of the swan gliding through the water glistened in the moonlight.
6  Hang gliding and paragliding are allowed from the top of Windy Hill.
7  The new dance consists of a series of glides.