Her voice slid pleasantly in and out of her pigherder's accent.

When he opened the door she brushed past him, buttocks sliding pleasantly across his as if she were dancing with an inexpert partner.

The second week slid away pleasantly enough; the old ladies seemed to have taken their nephew's suggestions to heart, for she was narrowly questioned each day as to whether she had worked for longer hours than he had suggested, and when Saturday came she was told to take the day off.

Suppose the Void were like a big funnel, allowing people to slide pleasantly toward its center and barring them from climbing out?

I eventually realized that the man's teeth were chattering, as the icy wind from the sea-which merely slid across my skin as pleasantly as silk slides across a mortal's body-was rushing into my quarters and chilling him to bone.

Her policy of no-first-use meant that as long as we were objective and polite, any conversation would slide pleasantly down greased iron rails into a pit of despair.

She shook her head; her hair, still wet from the shower she had taken once the bathroom was spotless, slid pleasantly on the back of her neck.