Beside him the smooth gray hull slid up and up and up.

Then it stopped again, though smoothly, as though the hull had been sliding along for an instant on some type of ice.

The ships were so large, so massive, if they collided at a few centimeters per second the hulls would just slide into each other with scarcely a jolt.

The hull slid thirty yards, water spraying up in the sideways light of sunset, before coming to a stop.

The hull slid in onto the firm mud and Sebastian stepped ashore.

As the big, grey hull of the Baddeley slid swiftly by them, they struck out with insane strength that made nothing of their heavy Arctic clothing.

The instability, coupled with forecasts of stormy winds for this island off the Tuscany coast, raised fears the hull could slide into deeper water.

The hulls above slid forward and the sling passed by.

Before she slept again, even before the Sun's bloated hull had slid below the toothed horizon, the winds had turned.

The vast, polished hull of the space-ship slid past them only ten feet away.