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Discover LudwigThe phrase "to glide" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a smooth, effortless movement through the air or across a surface. Example: "The swan began to glide gracefully across the lake."
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to glide
noun
The act of gliding.
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"She knows how to glide.
They clinched and started to glide.
We need something called portamento to glide between notes.
"I learned to skate and to glide," Alricka said.
Too young to glide, it instead popped up, then down.
Well-connected companies are able to glide past bureaucratic obstacles.
45 minutes to glide in Captain Hook's pirate ship?
Crucially, the technology harnesses airliners' ability to glide.
They tended to glide, to cloak fearsome discipline under casualness.
I found that it was actually fun to glide along!
"You want your pen to glide across the paper".
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