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
United's fans looked like they were walking on air and their manager looked like he was about to join them.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024
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
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
I’m walking on air as he leads me past the indoor garden, down the stairs, to a small, windowless room in the basement.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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