Sentence examples for was able to glide from inspiring English sources

Also, it is likely that LCA4 was able to glide because it contained the whole set of gliding genes essential for gliding, including the sprATE genes (McBride and Zhu 2013).

He was able to glide 80 feet using this craft, which required him to shift his body weight in order to control its direction.

He built a more sophisticated craft in 1892 that allowed him to glide 270 feet, followed by a model with which he was able to glide 1,150 feet.

The carbon-carbon brakes bled off speed at an astonishing rate, and by the time I had to turn left, I was able to glide through the corner with no more drama than easing into a shopping-mall parking space.

Pearson initially thought a fuel pump had failed but soon realized the engines had lost power, and was able to glide the Boeing 767-233 safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park airport.

He was able to glide for fifteen seconds, but, as a contemporary historian wrote, "agitated by the violence of the wind and a current of air, as well as by the consciousness of his rash attempt, he fell and broke his legs, and was lame ever after".

This analysis showed that sporozoites of both mutant-lines are able to glide and produce the repeating circles characteristic of correct gliding (Figure 2A) and, moreover, gliding motility is comparable to wild type parasites (Figure 2B).

We played a bit of single-player – discovering a new power up called Acorn Glide, which comes in the form of an acorn, and gives Mario (or your Mii, which you can play as, as well as Luigi and various Toads) a cape which lets him glide; shake the Wii U Gamepad while gliding and he will do an extra boost-jump, but won't be able to glide any further.

Well-connected companies are able to glide past bureaucratic obstacles.

Rays are powerful swimmers and are able to glide for long distances to conserve energy.

While out of the country, Mr Strauss-Kahn has been able to glide above the grubby business of French politics.