Gliding Definition

Gliding Sentence Examples

• Its gliding motion suggested the winding river.

• Above him there was now nothing but the sky--the lofty sky, not clear yet still immeasurably lofty, with gray clouds gliding slowly across it.

• These cracks coincide with planes of easy separation or of gliding in the crystal; they are especially useful in helping to determine the crystallographic orientation of a cleavage flake of mica when crystal faces are absent.

• An aide-de-camp approached with gliding steps and offered him a gold snuffbox, which he took.

• They are flattened oval in form, circling with gliding motion over the surface film of the water, and occasionally diving, when they carry down with them a bubble of air.