In "Friends," the NBC comedy, a group of 20-somethings glide through life lightly.

It glided lightly up and down.

The road swayed, gliding lightly around the cliff base, as we continued south.

She glided lightly over the silken hairs she'd so often seen in the sun.

She stepped close to him then, her blue eyes finally looking away to let her fingers reminisce as they glided lightly over the remains of the workbench.

She glides lightly over a childhood in a cultivated, secular milieu, where spiritual aspirations were anchored in artistic rather than religious tradition.

The pianist glided lightly over their surfaces as would an ice-skater, leaving little trace of his presence behind.

In all these discussions the designers glide lightly over the publicity factor, one of the reasons why the couture is not likely to be abandoned.

The death theme glided lightly over the evening, more as a shared word than a shared experience.

Catching up a shawl, she draped it over her shoulders and, smiling once again, lightly glided down the stairs.