The thing floated smoothly above one of the smoking chimneys, flattening itself to bathe in the searing updraft of unthinkable pressure and heat.

The first six takes went badly-Elliott thudded to the floor with several feet yet to go-but on the seventh take, she floated smoothly all the way.

In moments the ship was vast before the eyes of the waiting men; it had landed gently on the field, was floating smoothly, gracefully toward them.

Within seconds, the car levitated a few inches above its guide rail and moved away from the loading dock, floating smoothly on an electromagnetic cushion.

The cubes of ice floated smoothly.

He wheeled the big car toward Wilshire, made a quick left turn, cruised for a hundred feet, and turned again, floating smoothly into the circular driveway.

I seemed to float smoothly and gently up and away.

They floated smoothly toward a rendezvous.

Turning onto an amber track-tube siding, the serpentine chain of metal cylinders slowed, then floated smoothly to a stop alongside the platform.

The tractor floated smoothly and swiftly over low scrub and brown and white patches of sand and soil.