Synonyms:
soaring
Meaning: ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
Meaning: the activity of flying a glider
Usage examples
Tom's monoplane was making no more noise, now, than a soaring bird.
But really, Marilla, the flying part IS glorious as long as it lasts . . . it's like soaring through a sunset.
The sight of an eagle soaring above him seemed to answer his question, and fill him with new strength and ardor.
It swept upward from the valley floor, beautifully shaped and soaring, so tall that its misty blue peak could surely talk face to face with the stars.
At that point, as I now remember, the air was full of vultures (carrion crows), a hundred or more, soaring over the fields in some fit of gregariousness.
The Crested Lark crumbles the mule-droppings in the road and thus picks up his food, the oaten grain which he would never find by soaring in the sky, his throat swollen with song.
In the meantime the balloon arose like a lark, and, soaring far away above the city, at length drifted quietly behind a cloud similar to that from which it had so oddly emerged, and was thus lost forever to the wondering eyes of the good citizens of Rotterdam.