gliding in English

noun
1
the sport of flying in a glider.
The other thing that this writer of this book couldn't resist is a detailed account of flying and gliding towards the end of the book.
verb
1
move with a smooth continuous motion, typically with little noise.
a few gondolas glided past
2
make an unpowered flight, either in a glider or in an aircraft with engine failure.
The aircraft then glided to a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.

Use "gliding" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "gliding" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "gliding", or refer to the context using the word "gliding" in the English Dictionary.

1. 8 Swans went gliding past.

2. Flying, gliding and/or airdrop craft

3. An eagle was gliding high overhead.

4. The skaters were gliding over the ice.

5. This may have been used as an aerodynamic stabilizer and rudder during gliding or powered flight (see "Flight and gliding" below).

6. In recent decades such free-flight aerial sports as gliding, parachuting, ballooning and hang gliding have gained in popularity.

7. You have a merit badge for hang gliding?

8. 6 Hang gliding holds no fears for her.

9. 4 An eagle was gliding high overhead.

10. 5 Fish were gliding about in the lake.

11. 1 The skaters were gliding over the ice.

12. Relaxed gliding, sporty driving or diving safely under water.

13. Will turn his attention to Le·viʹa·than,* the gliding serpent,

14. 3 The next best thing to flying is gliding.

15. In addition, good judgment contributes to the safety of gliding.

16. We saw a condor gliding high above the mountains.

17. 7 We saw a condor gliding high above the mountains.

18. Saprospira sp., Chaetoceros ceratosporum, gliding motility, algicidal activity, microtubule-like structure.

19. An adult Angelfish looks spectacular in a community tank, peacefully gliding

20. 14 Birds, bats and gliding mammals simply take to the air.

21. Key words: gliding bacteria, Flexibacter canadensis, denitrification, acetylene, sulfide, nitrous oxide.

22. You don't have the luxury of gliding down from a nest anymore.

23. 2 She came gliding gracefully into the ballroom in a long flowing gown.

24. Gliding plateunder the side- arms for optimal adaptation to the ground (above free).

25. Coroner live "Gliding Above While Being Below" 28 April 2012

26. Chemotaxis can be conveniently studied in gliding bacteria such as C. johnsonae.

27. Autorotation is therefore analogous to the gliding flight of a fixed-wing aircraft.

28. 9 Hang gliding and paragliding are allowed from the top of Windy Hill.

29. 26 She bends over and kisses him gently there, her tongue gliding softly along.

30. 12 Characteristic hunting technique of gliding low over ground with wings slightly canted upwards.

31. Type I signals are closely adjacent gliding tones (whose frequency varies linearly with time).

32. They lack flagella, but hormogonia of some species can move about by gliding along surfaces.

33. Bursae function to facilitate the gliding of muscles or tendons over bony or ligamentous surfaces.

34. Bursae function to facilitate the gliding of muscles or tendons over bony or ligamentous surfaces

35. Van Haastert 2011, 'Amoeboid Cells Use Protrusions for Walking, Gliding and Swimming', PLoS ONE …

36. Boguing - No it's the other WD & HO Wills Swallow which was won by the Cornish Gliding Club at Perranporth (see my earlier thread titled "Mr Soggy - Cornish Gliding Club") A little Swallow side history.

37. And my spirit soared free, like a great whale gliding through the sea of silent euphoria.

38. Best of all, both sides of the spacious sofa gliding reclining system provide a Cushiony footrest

39. The view of an Albatross in flight is more than spectacular, looking like a gliding plane

40. Their preferred mode of flight is soaring and gliding; in flapping flight they are rather cumbersome.

41. Synonyms for Breezing include sailing, cruising, gliding, sweeping, drifting, strolling, bowling, brushing, coasting and flowing

42. During flight testing, the superior gliding capability of the Komet proved detrimental to safe landing.

43. 4.1.2 The 2003 gliding season bore witness to a significant increase in the ACGP’s accident rate.

44. Even with the binoculars, I could barely make out the indistinct shapes gliding through the water.

45. 10 As she talked, David found his eyes inexorably gliding over the curves of her body.

46. Acrobates pygmaeus is a gliding possum commonly known as the feather-tailed glider or the narrow-toed feathertail glider.It is the world’s smallest mammal capable of gliding flight and is also one of the smallest marsupials

47. Volaticotherium, from the boundary the early Cretaceous about 125M years ago, is the earliest-known gliding mammal and had a gliding membrane that stretched out between its limbs, rather like that of a modern flying squirrel.

48. Aerodynamic measurements with wings and total preparations showed that the snipe has medium to low gliding performance.

49. This movement depends on the parasite’s Actomyosin system, which is thought to generate the force during gliding

50. 29 Even with the binoculars, I could barely make out the indistinct shapes gliding through the water.