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Sentence Examples He's also becoming addicted to hang gliding, and he tinkers with bikes and trikes. After gliding maybe two steps, we would simultaneously fall down on our behinds. There's full silver service presentation, of course, by gliding traymobiles and Indian waiters under garlands of hibiscus. One can listen to the rustle of woodland leaves or birdsong and view the scurrying wild animals or the graceful gliding swans. Portability as well as being able to be flown from hang gliding flight parks using hang glider tugs has been the criteria for design. We try to ignore it while gazing at the sky, talking of loves lost and spotting slowly gliding aeroplanes. You may see stiff-winged fulmars gliding effortlessly, or hear them cackling as they sit precariously on ledges incubating single eggs. I catch a glimpse of the sleek shape of a white-tipped reef shark gliding towards us with unconcerned ease. Then there's snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, watching the Northern Lights, dog sledding, camping, hunting and hang gliding. At one stage our sledges went over a small crevasse, the runners gliding silently over a snow-covered gap that opened up underneath it. McDonald treats the song, bathed in gliding strings and muted horns, as an impressionist tone poem. And with that she was gone, gliding out the door like a cat slinking away after a successful kill. The departing male flaps off with an unusual gliding rhythm that Kemp suspects is a loser butterfly's submissive slink. Scott Niedermayer gliding effortlessly with the puck through the neutral zone. Laila grimaced as she bumped into a wall, grumbling sourly as she steadied herself against it before pushing off and gliding down the corridor. I'd had my fill of long, bronzed limbs gracefully gliding off into the sunset. The sky was star-studded, dinner cruise boats were gliding by, there was a live band playing My Way and I was feeling good! They didn't have a handy gauge nearby to tell them how fast they should really be gliding. We have done a lot of work in the wind tunnels since and in straight-line gliding I'm one of the fastest skiers in the world. There were couples gliding across the polished floor, dancing circles around the large room. Show More Sentences Water moccasins had a nasty habit of gliding up and feeding on my catch, dangling from a stringer in the shallows. The chalupa slowed as it slid through the shallows, gliding the last few feet with silent grace until her keel scraped the sand. The auto box changes up way too early and you're left gliding around the roads in a leather lined torpedo. By day, gliding down the catwalk or presenting one of the world's most famous faces to the camera, she is the epitome of modern chic. Indeed, almost every American fad from hula hooping to hang gliding had its Japanese supporters. The image of her gliding effortlessly towards us in slow motion will forever be imprinted in my memory. I have published a few articles now on the question of the relative rates of injuriousness between hang gliding and paragliding. She twirled and pirouetted with her arms outstretched to catch the gliding snowflakes. After a harplike flourish and a drum fill, gliding magical strings and a subdued 16 th-note hi-hat rhythm appear. With a few simple steps, you can transform this classically contoured design into a comfortable gliding rocker that will last for years to come. We plan to grow this into an invitational competition for hang gliding and paragliding. He it was who, in the 1850s, persuaded his reluctant coachman to make the first gliding flight in history, across the valley at Brompton. As Ever headed for the Oldsmobile, she jumped in a pile of snow and sent some white fluff powdering the air then gliding back into its pile. Now we're racing, gliding past the San Francisco waterfront with a sea lion porpoising alongside. Sea lions gain speed by porpoising, leaping clear of the water and then gliding near the water's surface to minimize resistance. High above the skies will be filled with gliding cranes, storks and birds of prey. Though he had years of experience in gliding, the intrepid experimenter's heart was pounding. I remember skating at night on empty outdoor rinks, gliding on the smooth surface in long arcs. The boat was slowly gliding through the water when suddenly we heard a big splash behind us. Party leaders leaders appear like the swan gliding serenely on the surface of the water. Show More Sentences Those of us who weren't heavy breathing had gone one stage further and were gliding a loving hand over the smooth, rounded bonnet. Slowly, I made my way downstairs, gliding my hand along the smooth wooden banister. Then he raised the glass, first gliding his nostrils over its cooling bouquet, and took his first sip. He moved the book so that it was situated between them and began to read, gliding his index finger over the words. Greg and I paddle in silent unison, gliding the canoe, matched in motivation and intent. You point out the dim light of a satellite gliding overhead on a polar orbit. He raised his fingers to her face, gliding them down her pale skin, and then letting them rest underneath her chin. I remember kicking off the side of the aircraft, gliding, and then popping my flotation. Parachuting could have evolved into gliding and finally into active flight. On a beautiful autumn morning in the nation's capital I am gliding above the city in the Air Force-piloted ADF balloon and it is magnificent. After gliding down to a wheat field, the cylinder was found swinging under the engine, still attached by the spark plug wires. Flapping flight is distinguished from gliding by synchronous oscillations of the forelimbs. I saw about eight soaring hawks, four gliding herons, and roughly 2,000 dazzling picture-postcard views. Both circled high over the estuary, sharply-pointed wings alternately flapping and gliding as the great birds searched for ducks and waders. It continued towards me, floating across the floor with the ease of a little white sea bird gliding over the surface of the waves. It is believed they can sleep while in flight, gliding on air currents and staying aloft without flapping for hours or even days at a time. During tracking sessions, notes were made on whether the falcons were gliding in circles or in a straight flight path. Acrobates is a glider and has gliding membrane running from wrist to ankle. The girl didn't notice the gathering, ominous clouds, and as soon as she thought of going gliding, her mood changed, and she became happy again. During her time with the squadron, she has tried her hand at both powered flying and gliding and has gained some fundraising experience. Show More Sentences 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. This was an underwater version of gliding and parachuting, except that we had to avoid missing another drop-off. He took up gliding, sharing a glider with a local general practitioner, and went solo on his 65th birthday. Interesting experiment, although personally I don't think speed gliding is the way to go to promote our sport. As discussed previously, the difference between powered flight and gliding is the flight stroke, which produces thrust in true flyers. The four sports were water skiing, sports parachuting, alpine skiing and gliding. Sailplane pilots dream of gliding in the Andes, Sierra Nevada and over Jondaryan. The gliding had a higher level of variation, but still was of a high quality. Spend more of your gliding time flying straight in rising air and you'll raise your glide over the ground. There is the occasional mishap, but statistically, gliding has been shown to be about as safe as normal airplane flying. From here, there is a continuous series of gradations to gliding wings, and hence to flapping wings. We all looked, and down came the graceful butterfly, gliding on its long emerald and black wings and settling at a puddle to drink. At its peak altitude, the engineless plane will separate from its booster before gliding to earth under radio control to a parachute landing. We passed numerous sting rays gliding along, then a large school of spinner dolphins leaping across our bow. Nevertheless, persistence paid off, and man was finally able to soar aloft with improved gliding equipment. You'll also find a successful want ad section where many pilots sell and purchase hang gliding gear. It's high tide, so the sea in its surfeit doesn't pound itself against the shore but sends its waves softly like gulls gliding. Gliding works by having a gliding airfoil design that generates lift forces, keeping the animal in the air longer. Papers twirled about effortlessly and left their posts gliding to the ground and crumpling beneath the wheels of my haphazard vehicle. Through the raphe, the living diatom secretes mucilage, with which it may attach to a substrate or move by gliding over the substrate. Show More Sentences An aircraft would only have to head for the nearest flying or gliding club of which there are six in this area. The crow preened its feathers and took wing again, gliding away into the trees. This gliding technique allows him to play alap, the slow improvised invocation of a raga. Then, with a shove he is off, gliding across 10 metres of slippery plastic, making a messy landing in the soapy water at the end of the run. He looks even better now with that single bang of silver from his retainer, gliding beautifully over pristine white teeth. The two foxes met broadside, spiralling inwards anticlockwise to touch whiskers before gliding apart in opposite directions. We had danced, light-footedly gliding over the floor, my hands white against his black tunic. It is a medium-sized arboreal gliding mammal which hangs upside down in trees, leaping into the air to glide in search of fruit to eat. We ski stealthily up to a herd of deer or pass a ruffed grouse on the trail while gliding along. Looking out over the Indian Ocean, the sails of dhow fishing vessels are dwarfed by transoceanic cargo ships gliding into the port. Hoey demonstrated, using a gliding model of a raven, that the tail of such a bird may be used to function in this manner. One is by pulling the string, as in the sitar, and the other is by gliding the fingers as in the sarangi or sarod. The student then completed a series of maneuvers, including stalls, spins, and lazy eights while gliding back to the practice field. Children hoot in merriment as they ride their water scooters or turn into birds gliding across the sky while they para-sail. On terra firma the young albatross is hopelessly clumsy, but once gliding, it's poetry on the wind. Males attract females and defend their territories with undulating flight displays, fluttering and gliding while calling. Out of the office window I see snow, thick drifts bearing the marks of a brave skier gliding down. We will train in ferry gliding across the tide rips as well as holding our position in them. A tiger moth swooped down and brushed Anna with its dusty wings before gliding off into the distance. They merged and separated and moved on together, two shadows gliding through the shadowy twilight. Show More Sentences Further, given that dihedral diminishes gliding performance, its infrequent use suggests that a premium is placed on maximizing lift to drag ratio during gliding. But Tom Boswell makes it all look easy, gliding between the seasons with appreciation and acerbic wit. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in such diverse modes of life as climbers, burrowers, crawlers, aquatic forms, and even gliding types. Endless stretches of water, gleaming rivers and gliding boats framed within the vibrant shades of green paddy fields and blue skies dotted with billowy white clouds. The speed column is the average ground speed gliding between thermals which should roughly correspond to the average air speed between thermals given the task. I stopped as well, and laughed, gliding my fingers through my hair. The French windows swung open easily, gliding soundlessly on their hinges. Here in San Francisco, you see huge container ships gliding through the Golden Gate every day and you wonder if that's the one that's going to go kablooey under the Bridge. Neiman's voice is impressive, gliding silkily over the instrumentals. It's the kind of place where you'd expect to find a silver-haired patrician gliding across the floor in deck shoes dictating a letter to the Moroccan ambassador. With the gear warning horn blaring and the prop windmilling, we continued gliding toward the airport with the stall warning horn intermittently chiming in. Her hobbies include motorcycling, hang gliding and cliff diving. But then one day something catches your eye, something beautiful, something gliding along like a panther, something with four wheels and a hooter, yes a car! A longtime hang gliding aficionado, the Asotin-based flight instructor had flown just about every parasail, trike, plane and glider in every kind of setting. I really prefer to fold up the futon each day and would love to have a Murphy bed or this nifty one I found that folds up on a gliding hinge to be a desk by day. The half-beaks, like the garfish, are capable of sustained gliding above the surface of the water, which accounts for the Thai name, pla kathung heo, meaning water-beetle. However, the many lineages of gliding animals today, including a host of lizards, squirrels, marsupials, and colugos show no signs of turning into flappers anytime soon. The game consists of flooding the bathroom with water, hiking up your skirt, and then gliding over the stream. The spaceship then drops into gliding flight and fires its rocket motor while climbing steeply for more than a minute, reaching a speed of 2,500 mph. In a gliding dive inclined at an angle to the horizontal the bird must keep the wings partly open to provide the lift needed to maintain a constant glide angle. Show More Sentences There are no stores or amenities on the island and cars are not allowed, making for an abundance of bikers and roller-bladers gliding down the wide paved roads. This month is the 75th anniversary of organised gliding in Australia. The world economy is gliding past crises and the markets have got their mojo back. Contestants in the Miss India pageant are gliding across a stage in Mumbai, eyes shining. He was gliding into rallies like a rock star as thousands of people waited in freezing weather to see him. I would postulate that many persons interested in unpowered personal flight who would otherwise have taken up hang gliding have instead pursued paragliding. So even though a change from gliding to flapping might be an easy idea to swallow, neither the several independently evolved gliders nor the fossil record lend it any support. The shot was filmed with the camera gliding down the empty staircase. I watched him move across the kitchen, gliding in a perfect motion. My reverie was soon broken by the sight of an exceptionally beautiful woman gliding noiselessly past me, on the way from the lifts to the main entrance. I looked up and saw a serpent eagle gliding smoothly in the air. The canal itself was exactly what we had expected, a strip of water flanked on each side by sand dunes, and a stately procession of ships gliding quietly along. They cover vast distances in an almost effortless gliding flight, sometimes swooping so low that the tips of their long narrow wings actually shear the waves. With a low growl of irritation, Simon continued to dash after his cousin, gliding along the cold, stony pavement like a blur of auburn, tan, and gray. The breast-bone of Pteranodon was relatively small, restricting the size of flight muscles, so presumably they would have spent a lot of time gliding and soaring. This tissue permits gliding of the nerve and is the location of blood vessels that then pass through the epineurium to supply the nerve trunk. Her comparison of a silvery moon gliding across a midnight sky to a moon snail gliding on silvery sands creates in us a sense of awe. He hirples across the midfield rather than gliding effortlessly, but he's always in the thick of the action. The albatrosses are among the largest flying birds, with long, narrow wings for gliding. True finches have a bouncing flight like most small passerines, alternating bouts of flapping with gliding on closed wings. Show More Sentences Gliders and sailplanes that are used for the sport of gliding have high aerodynamic efficiency. Glide bombs are bombs with aerodynamic surfaces to allow a gliding flightpath rather than a ballistic one. She spun around, silk gliding silently across polished piano bench, and met them with a radiant, puckersome smile. The sliding, gliding, symplastic or the intrusive growth of the cambium cells and their derivatives in higher vascular plants. Shobdon Aerodrome near Leominster is a centre for general aviation and gliding. My friend, a Scottish newspaper chief, has spent half a lifetime gliding across some of Fleet Street's more ultramontane and unreasonable titles. Not entering with long needles for burning, not even with arthrodia, gliding joints in tarsal articulations. Morgan looked set to score in the 53rd minute after gliding through the Beath defence but he was denied by Darren Brownlie's last-second block. The TMJ has two functions, hinge movement and subluxation or gliding movement on the maxilla. Examples include judo, gliding, modern pentathlon, figure skating and sailing. Sporne says that appoggiaturas and gliding notes were general twenty years ago. It's sunny out, people who work at the mountain are in a good mood and telling jokes, and there's effortless gliding through soft corn snow. The significance of a gliding testes, he suggests, is that these represent the best candidates for hormonal treatment of maldescent. The gliding of the boat through the water during recovery is often called run. A fibrous layer deep in the breast muscles can hold the wings rigidly horizontal for gliding and soaring. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, can only glide for short distances. Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly, as opposed to gliding mammals such as the flying squirrel. Due to their flexible joints, bats are more manoeuvrable and more dextrous than gliding mammals. Another hypothesis is that flying has reduced their mortality rate, which would also be true for birds and gliding mammals. Word is Diego Buechieri will now be doing his gliding and turning on Furys while the heavily talked-about Euro-ripper Lucas Puig will catch hella air on Autobahns. Show More Sentences For residents of this remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, the gliding boatmobile, known here as a windsled, is a kind of school bus. As she read the portrait of the small staring face in the sailor hat, fervent in its withdrawn impavidness, gazed out upon her from the slowly gliding limousine. A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause, with all its wreathed intervolutions in open sight. The ANN input vector is aircraft full speed, aircraft ground speed, aircraft vertical speed, angle of attack, aerodynamic quality factor, and gliding angle. Belbin said the difference between gold and silver could have been their downgraded twizzle, a multirotational turn on one foot while gliding across the ice. This notion of gently gliding through space on gusts of cosmic particles is what makes the solar sail appeal to the romantic side of scientists and amateurs alike. Edinburgh University's student sport consists of 67 clubs from the traditional rugby, football, rowing and Judo to the more unconventional Korfball and gliding. When they must engage in flapping flight, golden eagles appear at their most labored but this flight method is generally less common than soaring or gliding flights. The wings are long and broad, suitably shaped for soaring and gliding flight, and have the unusually large number of 30 to 35 secondary flight feathers. One easy way to enhance thermoregulation in competitive swimmers in Guadeloupe is to remove the silicone swim cap that is usually used for gliding as well as hygienic reasons. The film's cast includes more than 30 different species of prehistoric creatures, from the 12-inch gliding lizard to the 120-foot long, 100-ton brachiosaur. Her topics are glide and glide insertion, nasality viewed from the perspectives of the letters a and e, and interference from gliding and nasalization. Size relating to weight affects gliding animals such as the sugar glider. Examples from Classical Literature It is indeed in consequence of this flight that it has been called the glede, the word being derived from its gliding movements. As in a dream I heard her cry of recognition, and knew that she was gliding toward me. The light-footed Caribs were swiftly gliding to their tasks at the waterside. Just before him a runnel of water is gliding, and he bends his head to drink. The blenny could be seen, though she had ceased firing, gliding on towards them. In the upper portions of the glacier movement due to pressure probably takes place by the gliding of one granule over another. The gliding of wheels is easier and rapider, but only makes it harder and more barren. In her sleep she had seen it gliding among the pale heather-blossoms on her curtains. He did not even seem to know I watched him gliding through the vitreous deep. Gorgeous in his painted plumage, the wood duck whirrs away over the slow gliding San Joaquin. The movement, in its sinuous, flexile gliding, resembled somewhat a serpent's crawl. There might be such a strait as that through which the galatea was gliding. The Passamaquoddy chief is seen gliding swiftly over the deep in his fragile bark. The galiot was gliding rapidly though smoothly through the somewhat yellow waters of the Scheldt. The tram was already gliding away at some distance down the road. Well, these stars, or rather corpuscles, only shine when they are heated by gliding over the atmospheric layers. The ship had just loosed her moorings, and was gliding out to sea. Linton gliding into my chamber, taking a seat on my bedside, and pulling me by the hair to rouse me. Miss Garth watched the tall black figure gliding away alone until it was lost among the trees. It was then that Cora saw the form of Magua gliding among his countrymen, and speaking with his fatal and artful eloquence. Show More Sentences Which scarce her yashmak serves to hide, see Turkey gliding past. Then she was seated beside Patricia, and they were gliding along the road. Having a flock of five blues gliding toward the rig on this late-March day was a thrilling sight even for the grizzliest of goose veterans. And, sweet Perseda, fly not Soliman Whenas my gliding ghost shall follow thee With eager mood thorough eternal night. She heard something rustling on the matting and when she looked down she saw a little snake gliding along and watching her with eyes like jewels. But when I came to cross the road no crouching or gliding would do. Then, downriver, she saw a canoe gliding over the glistening water. The line extends from the drum to the flying or gliding machine. Lucy Ann could almost hear the gliding of his rhythmic feet. The men began to shoot at gliding shadows, grayer than the gloom. We were gliding sleekly through the water, but Demetrios was slowly sliding away from us. As the boat was gliding swiftly round a low promontory, thinly covered with trees, one of them gave the alarm of Indians. He came towards me silently, with his arms crossed, gliding like a spectre rather than walking. It beckoned, gliding noiselessly before him down a corridor as dark and cold as any tomb. Campbell took command of his own boats, and the little squadrons were soon gliding down the bright current of the Bighorn. A Serpent gliding past the nest from its hole in the wall ate up the young unfledged nestlings. Then the suit went gliding over a stilled tangle of red worm bodies. Launched at length upon these almost final waters, and gliding towards the Japanese cruising-ground, the old man's purpose intensified itself. Experts think it probably supported a wing membrane, as seen in bats and gliding flying squirrels. She went back to her room, seeing nothing but her own gliding shadow, hearing nothing but her own stealthy footfall in the midnight stillness of the house. Show More Sentences He stood erect and stretched his great frame, the muscles of his arms gliding sinuously beneath his tanned skin as he bent his clenched fists behind his head. Seeing Lady Arabella gliding up the stairs towards his master's room, he took it for granted that she was there for no good, and doubled his watching intentness and caution. There he saw a lengthy chain of people gliding under the walls. Find more words! 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