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Meanings of glide smoothly in English

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Usage of glide smoothly in English
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The ascender will glide smoothly up the rope when the belayer takes in slack.
Climbing Magazine
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Curves cramp a train, and a smooth runner likes to feel them glide smoothly.
The Last Spike / And Other Railroad Stories
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The larger public objects make us glide smoothly and unfelt over our minor private griefs.
Godolphin, Volume 6.
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No one interfered, and for once the course of true love seemed to glide smoothly on.
Idle Hour Stories
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When the patella is in place, it can glide smoothly over the surface of the femur.
Independent.ie
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Retired from noise myself, and the responsibility attached to public employment, my hours will glide smoothly on.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ...
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Jefferson Worth saw him enter the elevator, saw the ornamented iron door close and the cage glide smoothly upward.
The Winning of Barbara Worth
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Gently, he let the ship glide smoothly into the shed where the first molecular motion ship had been built.
Islands of Space
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The order was given, "Out oars," and the boats began to glide smoothly over the calm surface.
The Voyages of the "Ranger" and "Crusader" / And what befell the...
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The sleighs are running merrily over the snow, and the omnibuses glide smoothly along the streets on their "runners."
A Boy's Voyage Round the World
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The Steadicam (not to be confused with the $14 Steady-Cam) allows a camera to glide smoothly even in fast-action shots.
Wired
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The dark line grew brighter and brighter; presently the loftier sails swelled out, and the ship began to glide smoothly over the ocean.
The Voyages of the "Ranger" and "Crusader" / And what befell the...
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As to the historical theory of imperial enfeoffment, the States thought it more delicate to glide smoothly and silently over the whole matter.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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She must sacrifice herself to Claude, must regulate her life so that his might glide smoothly, without any friction, to the appointed goal.
The Way of Ambition
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They both found it very romantic and delightful to glide smoothly over the glassy surface of the water, which was silvered by the moonbeams.
Forests of Maine / Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowled...
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Each boat holds 22 women, and as the women move their paddles in unison, the boats glide smoothly down river across the glassy water.
The Irish Times
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