Literary notes about glide (AI summary)
The word "glide" is employed to evoke a sense of smooth, effortless, and often graceful movement across a variety of settings. In many works, it brings a visual softness to motion—as when noble figures or even boats move with the calm fluidity of water, suggesting both elegance and quiet power [1, 2]. At times, it describes a silent, almost ghostly progress that heightens the mystery or dream-like quality of a scene, as seen in portrayals of spectral or stealthy movements [3, 4]. Whether emphasizing nature’s fluid transitions or the ease of human action, "glide" serves to imbue narrative moments with a lyrical, weightless quality that transcends the mere act of movement [5, 6].
- Thence to relieve the fainting Argive throng, Smooth as the sailing doves they glide along.
— from The Iliad by Homer - Well, good-bye,” he added as the train began to glide down the platform.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - As his lips rested on it he felt it glide slowly from beneath them, and saw that Mattie had risen and was silently rolling up her work.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton - But now, at length, dear Dian sank from sight, Into a western couch of thunder-cloud; And thou, a ghost, amid the entombing trees Didst glide away.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - The situation was indeed dangerous, but as if by magic, the Nautilus seemed to glide right down the middle of these rampaging reefs.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - Our existence will glide on peacefully like a stream which no waves or whirlpools disturb.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer
