Glided

Examples

• There was no sound, and he glided into the semi-darkness of the interior. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• How closely she glided against the banisters! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She murmured a reply, glided by them, and turned round. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Then she went up the ladder, lamp in hand, and came down again, and glided about and about, making a little bundle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He glided in, in his stockings, and held the door closed, while he spoke in a whisper. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Tom looked at the child with awe; and when she, hearing her father's voice, glided away, he wiped his eyes many times, as he looked after her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• No; moonlight was still, and this stirred; while I gazed, it glided up to the ceiling and quivered over my head. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Gray lizards, those heirs of ruin, of sepulchres and desolation, glided in and out among the rocks or lay still and sunned themselves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Down the sable flood we glided, I thought of the Styx, and of Charon rowing some solitary soul to the Land of Shades. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In spite of this affliction, she looked unusually gay and graceful as she glided away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We travelled at the time of the vintage, and heard the song of the labourers, as we glided down the stream. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He glided up the gallery and up the stairs, and stopped in the dark, low corridor of the fateful third storey: I had followed and stood at his side. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The establishment was, of a consequence, wholly deserted, when Cassy and Emmeline glided into it the back way. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In reply to this appointment, I only bowed; and pulling down my veiland gathering round me my cloak, I glided away. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He dismissed her, and she glided out of the room. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• What I sought had glided away; I found myself between two buxom lasses in pinafores. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• While the answer was passing my lips Miss Fairlie glided into view on the terrace for the third time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A female form had glided in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She glided from the apartment, leaving Rowena surprised as if a vision had passed before her. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She resolved to wait till Clym came to look for her, and glided back into the garden. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The two fugitives glided noiselessly from the house, and flitted, through the gathering shadows of evening, along by the quarters. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Amidst this luxuriant primitive vegetation crawled and glided and flew the first insects. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She glided into a recess somewhat obscured, and leaning against an ornamental column there placed, tried to recover herself. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Oliver opened it, glided away, and gave place to Harry Maylie. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Her married life glided happily on. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The three glided by, and went silently down. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And, with a slight bend--careless, but as graceful as her dance--she glided from him and rejoined her father. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She turned hurriedly away, and, passing round to a back door, glided up stairs, and tapped at Emmeline's door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She glided quickly under the green hedges and across the greener leas. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Rosa Dartle glided, as we went in, from another part of the room and stood behind her chair. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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