walking on air
Example Sentences
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One week ago, Yared Nuguse was walking on air.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2025
Mick Jagger asks before the penultimate cut of “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert,” a throbbing 1970 live album that features Watts on the record jacket, big smile, seemingly walking on air.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021
"Woodstock really was as fabulous as it was cracked up to be. It was wild and glorious. I left that weekend glowing. I was walking on air."
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2019
As he moved to a score by Jerome Begin, his accents and corkscrew angles quickened or dissipated with such fleetingness that his dancing carried the sensation of walking on air.
From New York Times • May 3, 2018
When we boarded the train back to Chicago that evening, I was still walking on air.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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