How To Use Smoothly In A Sentence

We lapped the track a few times at a walk, trot and canter and the horse went through it pretty smoothly.
The play is a little overlong and would benefit from cuts, but each scene is interesting and changes are smoothly executed.
The smoothly boiled porridge, with its accompaniment of thick yellow cream; the new-laid eggs; the grilled trout, fresh from the stream; the freshly baked "baps" and "scones," the crisp rolls of oatcake; and last, but not least, the delectable, home-made marmalade, which is as much a part of the meal as the coffee itself. Big Game A Story for Girls
It is not just about productivity, but predictability, speeding things up, making things flow smoothly.
Had his career unfolded more smoothly he may not have developed the physique which will muscle him into Vogts' squad.

It helps keep the village running smoothly and upholds the village's customs.
She was one of the ship's top engineers and she kept it running smoothly.
The visual communication between members bordered on symbiosis as they smoothly switched up guitars, worked pedals, bashed away at keyboards and wailed through guitar solos.
Ideally your interviews always go smoothly, and after each one you craft an effective note thanking the interviewer for the time, expressing enthusiasm and making it clear you listened closely to the hirer's requirements. How To Follow Up After A Job Interview
Smoothly we left the ground, raised our undercarts, and climbed away into that overcast, threatening sky.
The dagger slid smoothly down the front of his tunic, each button snapped off easily until only one separated his bare chest from the cold dagger.
Not always smoothly — Peirce himself parted ways with his fellow pragmatist William James, largely over the idea that truth was mutable, that is, what is "true" can become not true and even then true again, depending on the situation. Archive 2008-08-01
“Everything else is running smoothly,” she said—too quickly and too patly. Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
English went smoothly and by the time her fourth period came around any trace of David Walker slipped from her mind.
In this regard, the political camps ought to tackle the issue of changing the presidential election system only after they help state affairs run smoothly and efficiently.
This will be almost falsetto but will have enough heaviness to enable the singer to crescendo smoothly.
The runners accelerated smoothly around the bend.
Get your boat up on plane quickly and smoothly, and then throttle back to cruising speed.
Smoothly steering between R&B and Eurodance, she's breathily seductive on Motivation – by contrast, guest Lil Wayne is positively anaemic – while I'm Dat Chick updates the jumpy minimalism of Destiny's Child's No, No, No. Kelly Rowland: Here I Am – review
They will see with whom the deal can sail smoothly, without headache. Times, Sunday Times
Reflection records over the main plateau reveal smoothly-layered, undistorted sediments overlying a relatively smooth basement surface.
However, they require the cuts to be made to high standards of accuracy so that the transition is made smoothly.
He had picked somebody he thought he could work with smoothly rather than somebody who might try to steal the credit.
Getting a particular letter out is insignificant compared to finding ways and means of making your office run smoothly.
He realized he had been staring, and recovered himself as smoothly as he could.
The book is a series of disjunctive jottings, often compelling in themselves, but not always smoothly related.
The creature was about the size of a bushbok, was a dirty white in colour, and carried a pair of horns about two and a half feet in length, slightly curved, enormously thick at the base, strongly ridged for about half their length, and thence sweeping smoothly away to points as sharp apparently as those of bayonets. Through Veld and Forest An African Story
He hadn't learned to bow smoothly yet.
Whether up on their toes, skittering swiftly in small steps, or smoothly swiveling, this is liquid loveliness.
She stood up smoothly and whacked it as hard as she could with the tenderizer.
They will see with whom the deal can sail smoothly, without headache. Times, Sunday Times
The ship made the transition from its rectangular cruising shape to the multibranched ovoid shape that was its battle mode, and it made the change swiftly and smoothly. The Three-Minute Universe
At the entrance to the gallery an upright, abstracted figure, smoothly curved, sat atop a heavy-duty steel truck spring.
With the exception of the beginning sequence and a cutaway shot to the highways flowing smoothly at night, virtually every scene has one of the two men in it.
Professor Ramsay has published an account of a downthrow in Anglesea of 2,300 feet; and he informs me that he fully believes that there is one in Merionethshire of 12,000 feet; yet in these cases there is nothing on the surface of the land to show such prodigious movements; the pile of rocks on either side of the crack having been smoothly swept away. X. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record. On the Lapse of Time, as Inferred from the Rate of Deposition and Extent of Denudation
The pregnancy went smoothly and Mrs Filer gave birth after being in labour for five hours.
You can make a compromise that allows the partnership to run more smoothly. The Sun
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
He looked at Sohlberg smoothly , ironically, while the latter flared up.
His life had run so smoothly that he was habitually inflexible, and perhaps rather humourless. My Darling Heriott: Henrietta Luxborough, Poetic Gardener and Irrepressible Exile
Nothing ever goes smoothly for the Little Einsteins, despite the fact that they have at their disposal Rocket, an artificially intelligent futuristic vehicle capable of morphing from a spaceship to a submarine to a mechanical jungle animal or whatever else the situation calls for. Archive 2009-04-05
They all made it go smoothly and put us at ease with a light atmosphere. The Sun
The problem is, I think, that respelling into German might make words fit more smoothly into German grammar, but it takes all the quien-es-mas-trendy? fun out of it. Languagehat.com: DOWNGELOADET?
The cogs gear smoothly.
The second sentence flows smoothly but contains the wonderfully effortful word strainedly. A Close Read
Its body shape is streamlined, allowing it to slip smoothly and effortlessly through open water.
The mouse slid nicely across the surface, without any real resistance, although perhaps not quite as smoothly as on a hard, inflexible plastic mousepad.
With the second baby, delivery went very smoothly, so I nursed from the beginning, and it took much longer for my husband to be able to have that same closeness, since the little guys spend almost all their time sleeping and eating at the beginning. » The Case Against Breast-Feeding Strocel.com
It includes a concierge service which keeps my life going smoothly. Times, Sunday Times
The splines slid smoothly into the oiled hub of the lock.
the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted
Most of us recognize the sense of comfort we feel when we arrive at a place where we are loved, a sense of ... de-burdening - the load lightens, the stress fades away, words flow smoothly, smiles are more frequent, expressiveness is more unfettered ... Acceptance
Vitamins and minerals are the cofactors or coenzymes that make things runs smoothly. The UltraMind Solution
Make sure that you execute all movements smoothly and without jerking.
The car can be driven on the throttle quite easily, with both understeer and oversteer smoothly quelled by your right foot.
Some 90 minutes earlier, downtown Port-of-Spain was like a ghost town, allowing traffic to flow smoothly, as everyone was glued to televisions and radios.
You know what it's like - everything is going along smoothly, you've got no problems and then - wham ! YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.
The rest of the night went smoothly and although the DJ hadn't turned up, the show was a great success.
It weighs 440 g. One surface is smoothly convex and may have been used as a grinding stone.
Telling the public that she left Oddfellows to rescue VPC was a heinous affront to the VPC staff, who loyally slave to keep things running smoothly in Ericka’s continued absence. Ericka Burke leaves Oddfellows
Organize and road show go smoothly in stores, discuss and feedback accordingly with relevant departments afterwards.
G 1 means they are smoothly connected up to one differentiation , or are tangency continuous.
The colours blend smoothly together.
The cameras are often not maintained as well as they should be, or at all, and even when they're functioning smoothly the images they're transmitting can be pretty smudgy. The Perfect Webcation
Cows are bailed quietly and smoothly under close supervision.
Slowly our health returns and the next seven days, while being a hard slog, go relatively smoothly.
The installation went smoothly, but I'm getting these small reoccurring outages that are driving me crazy.
The other attempts too place "offstage", but because of the problems within the Alliance, the plans didn't go as smoothly as they should have - hence the lack of success. Q & A
Somehow she was rowing smoothly through the slop, gaining on me at what seemed like four or five feet per stroke.
How much more in keeping with Christian manners that the son of the household should share in the burden of keeping the domestic machinery running smoothly, rather than misemploy his time, and grow up unacquainted with the practical duties of life! Stories Worth Rereading
Don't always try to start something when everything is running smoothly.
Theravada, which I practice, is what I know best, and it seems to me that two fundamental concepts within Theravada that really couldn’t be smoothly reconciled with Hinduism without just sort of practicing two different things at the same time are anatta, or not-self, and anicca, impermanence. Another religious assault on education - The Panda's Thumb
Webster liked things to be regimented, everything to run smoothly. LOST SUMMER
Here we are, smoothly bringing the tail down with the fluke adjusted to just the right angle of attack, when - bang!
Most high-speed catamarans are built to outmuscle the oceans, but Team Phillips's razor-thin bows slice smoothly through waves.
A somewhat unnecessary prolog and epilog has now been tacked on, but not tackily, smoothly enough that it didn't ruin the story. Will You Go See Avatar?
Ministry officials are hoping the slaughter and removal of the livestock will be carried out as smoothly as possible, with lorries carrying carcasses in relays to the rendering plant.
Such cussedness is rarely endearing to those whose job it is to make the government machine run smoothly.
Land an airplane smoothly ; land seaplane on a lake.
The trade-off for a short running length is a herky-jerky narrative that rarely moves smoothly.
In capitalist society: The development of the productive forces is by no means a smoothly rising curve.
Then there were all the tantrums the director threw, just to make things run smoothly.
Yet is there no competent Judge that findeth them wanting in those Ancient ones, and that doth not much more admire that smoothly equall neatnesse, continued sweetnesse, and flourishing comelinesse of Catullus his Epigrams, than all the sharpe quips and witty girds wherewith Martiall doth whet and embellish the conclusions of his. Of Bookes.
They slipped such ockerisms into the national debate smoothly and naturally.
At her direction, two of the larger menservants each seized an end of the blanket under Jamie and transferred it smoothly, contents and all, to the camp bed, now set up before the fire, where another servant was industriously poking the night-banked coals and feeding the growing blaze. Sick Cycle Carousel
Major interstates and highways are a breeze, traffic patterns are well-established and the traffic is flowing quite smoothly.
Make sure that both the window sashes and screen sash move smoothly and seal tightly when closed after installation.
I looked up and saw a serpent eagle gliding smoothly in the air.
All are played smoothly, efficiently, with an unerring eye but little flamboyance. Times, Sunday Times
It's an original story, smoothly assembled, but the strands of social exposé and romantic thriller don't always complement each other.
The getaway by bus goes smoothly until an accident sends the vehicle into a skid, leaving it dangling precariously over the edge of a cliff. Times, Sunday Times
It ships with version 1.05 and runs smoothly with no lock-ups or crashes.
It slides smoothly and effortlessly into lower gears but fifth gear is a bit notchy and I have a bit of a tussle to engage it.
Therefore, information technology does not appear as a mirage in Arab countries as it has moved smoothly into the lives and work of people just like other places in the world.
The crown is heavily enameled anteriorly, and the apex is broad and smoothly rounded.
Still, Carlyle's Asia growth fund investments in Asia haven't always gone smoothly.
Mattie pressed the automatic device on her dashboard and the garage door eased upwards for the Lincoln to slide smoothly in.
Hold position, then come out of twist smoothly; change foot and leg positions, and repeat twist to the other side.
Focus is gliding effortlessly away from the pavement and rising quietly and smoothly to cruising speed in the complete absence of both smoke and unpleasant noises. Times, Sunday Times
I watched as his hand sailed smoothly across his page and how comfortable he looked as he carefully shaded and added texture to his drawing.
Generally speaking, things are sailing smoothly and so Mrs. Gao is not willing to disobey the official ideological demands or hints.
The rescue was carried out smoothly and efficiently.
This she does with a voice that gains additional expression and color as the portrait deepens, a smoothly textured, fully integrated lyric soprano of ample size and flexibility.
Most of this Indian section, which like the rest of the book rides on a great deal of research, is smoothly convincing; we sanction it without quarrel as the prelude to the real event, the shipwreck.
This combination of materials was just not conducive to the slim shape that was needed to smoothly penetrate the ocean of air.
He had conditioned himself to ignore the kick and the sharp report, and to hold the sights steady and press the trigger smoothly.
Though the blueing was pretty well worn away, it was lovingly maintained and functioned even more smoothly than when new. INCA GOLD
However, they require the cuts to be made to high standards of accuracy so that the transition is made smoothly.
The gears worked smoothly, to the minor accompaniment of the ratchet clicking and the links passing over the drive sprocket.
If applied and rubbed with a cloth, usually burlap, while still soft, the pores fill and the varnish goes on smoothly.
Civilians assume, wrongly, that everything in the military runs smoothly.
Would that the wave might subside smoothly into the gentle swell of history. Times, Sunday Times
And much praise has been lavished on the volunteers and service personnel who kept things running smoothly. The Sun
Despite being rated by many good judges as good a lock as has played for Scotland over the past decade, Grimes' international career has run far from smoothly.
And much praise has been lavished on the volunteers and service personnel who kept things running smoothly. The Sun
Father goes over to follow up potential job prospects, everything seems to be moving smoothly and then one afternoon he overhears a conversation I'm having with a good friend.
Volunteer boatbuilder Henry Thuys tests if the new rudder of the Batavia long boat is responding smoothly.
Your mortgage application went far from smoothly. Times, Sunday Times
They all made it go smoothly and put us at ease with a light atmosphere. The Sun
Your personal charm and charisma take you through difficult situations smoothly.
Taking precautionary measures can help you keep your car running smoothly and save on big-ticket expenses down the line.
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The manual gearbox has a tendency to be notchy and the auto gearbox doesn't change particularly smoothly.
The crooning stopped, replaced by the sound of the engine grumbling steadily and the road moving beneath us smoothly.
Gloved and aproned nurses, one per patient, move smoothly around their charges, gently raising a bandaged hand from a pillow over here, checking the flow of liquid through a tube over there.
Credit must go to Fiona for making sure everything ran smoothly.
Land an airplane smoothly ; land a seaplane on a lake.
Cultic reverence was demanded for the supreme leader, führer or vozhd, who sent commands down through a smoothly functioning hierarchy.
I dive-bombed into the murky entrance while slowing down smoothly.
A surface function that is sinusoidal at the bottom and grades smoothly to a straight course of bricks at the top gives a pleasing curtain effect. Wolfram Blog : Designing the Brick Wall of the Future
The jibsails came down smoothly, then the topsails, until only the topgallants were still drawing.
She built height for this early updo by winding hair on pop-can-sized rollers, backcombing, then, the coup de grace, spiralling a layer of hair smoothly around the form. Thestar.com - Home Page
His features were smoothly regular and extraordinarily placid, as if he surveyed the world from a lofty perch, far removed from any of its foibles and cares.
After the magnificent frontier crossing by the Paso San Francisco, we enter Argentinian territory, racing smoothly down the Andes Cordillera high plateaux.
Any CORGI-registered gas installer should be able to give your boiler a quick once-over to make sure it is working smoothly.
The runners accelerated smoothly round the bend.
Momentarily the sandstone quarry looked even craggier, but the voice continued smoothly. THE QUEST FOR K
As men, women and children lined up to have their moment with the coveted chalice, the man responsible for its safe keeping made sure everything ran smoothly.
Maintaining this position, smoothly straighten both legs until they are fully extended. Shape Your Body, Shape Your Life
On the right of the fire was a razeed rocking-chair, evidently the peculiar property of the mistress of the mansion, and three blocks of pine log, sawn off smoothly, and made to serve for seats. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time
Games and multimedia applications use the technique to fade smoothly between one image and another.
The spokesman said the council would do all it could to ensure services run as smoothly as possible.
Your logical side impresses at work and learning something new goes smoothly. The Sun
He was beautifully made, with long, graceful bones and flat muscles that flowed smoothly from the curves of chest and shoulder to the slight concavities of belly and thigh. Sick Cycle Carousel
Again, I have difficulty separating personal experience from a purely civilian perspective; I have had to rely on a second (and third) magazine, and was able to accomplish that smoothly in pitch-black conditions. This thing doesn't have a handguns option. I'm looking at getting a Beretta 92FS.
SHAPE The cylinders in an engine are arranged to fire in pairs or one after the other, which helps the engine run more smoothly. Times, Sunday Times
Fortunately, the 2000 version of the MG F sorted that out by slimming the boot down and, for this latest model, it has been planed off even more smoothly and given a nice new lip.
The change is a steady one, a smoothly continuous development to the final prepubescent physique, rather than any passage through a series of separate stages.
The outer side is smoothly rounded; on the inner side the anterior edge is faintly denticulated.
When a liquid flows smoothly its motion is called lamellar and its motion can be describe with a single equation. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
Sure he is the overseer of local governance, but he should set it up to run smoothly, and then keep his finger out of it.
When it came time to reupholster furniture at Le Breau, things did not always go smoothly.
The robot smoothly activated, lights gradually blinking on, the rising hum of servomotors spinning up to speed, relays switching to new configurations.
A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that the event runs smoothly.
His hair was combed back smoothly over his round skull.
He moves in so smoothly and has good defensive play. Times, Sunday Times
My workouts were going more smoothly, and there was never an instance when I was in the middle of a run and all of a sudden felt the bonking effect.
Its provocative themes were smothered by a talky libretto that alternated between earnest exposition and sitcom jokes, set in smoothly tonal, insipid musical language.
The data collection for the main study itself went smoothly, with only very minor local hiccups.
Within five minutes I was coasting smoothly across the river as river tugs heaved past below.
To the north, the mountains wind and smoothly melt into the Pre-Balkan region and the Danube plain; while to the south steep mountain slopes tower above a series of hollows and fields.
Mellow tuba and trombone solos in the second and third movements were smoothly blended with accompanying textures carried by the higher brass, and the rondo finale had a charming buoyancy.
`Everything is going smoothly except for this severe case of the hots I've got. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
Although pulled along by the frantic animal, he swiftly grabs an outrigger and slides smoothly back on board.
From there, he introduced other drivers and now the team runs smoothly with engine experts and software technicians aiding them from Italy.
It sails smoothly throughout the majority of the running time but by the last few tracks, there is a feeling that things were wrapped up too hastily.
The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.
With cultural barriers impeding population mobility, Europe is unlikely to find this adjustment working smoothly.
He had conditioned himself to ignore the kick and the sharp report, and to hold the sights steady and press the trigger smoothly.
When this process, which entails the mechanisms of projection and identification, functions smoothly, depressive feelings can be accepted and worked with.
Thirdly , Judicial Interpretation on IPR Infringement Crimes was smoothly promulgated.
This helped them build up the climaxes of phrasing, so characteristic of the Romantic style, and to gradate more smoothly to the final part.
Should they malfunction or prove insufficient to slow the rotor in high winds, a large disk brake mounted on the generator shaft can smoothly bring the turbine to a halt.
The machine wouldn't run so well if all its little cogs weren't turning smoothly.
Caroline noted how his tightly corded arm muscles rippled smoothly as he waved to his friends.
He watched as an attendant standing 10 feet away pushed a key fob button, lifting the rear decklid and retracting the three-panel metal roof smoothly, silently into the ample stowage compartment.
Every effort is made to ensure that your swather runs smoothly and securely down the road.
A clogged cat prevents exhaust gases from flowing smoothly out of the engine; thus, it won't be able to clean them properly.
Medially the fibular facet doubles in width, becomes slightly concave with a smoothly rounded, raised margin, and faces principally dorsolaterally but also slightly proximally.
The dahabiyeh -- her very name, the _Loulia_, has a gentle, seductive, cooing sound -- drifts broadside to the current with furled sails, or glides smoothly on before an amiable north wind with sails unfurled. The Spell of Egypt
Until 1892 when the Cathedral was disestablished and disendowed, the affairs of St John's ran fairly smoothly.
Your knee joint is made up of the ends of the thigh bone and shin bone, which normally glide over each other smoothly because they are covered by smooth articular cartilage.
Apart from one or two flare-ups the match went fairly smoothly.
The company sells sleek drives for the fashion conscious, large-capacity drives for the memory hungry, ruggedized drives for travelers and others with built-in software for working smoothly with traditional email software.
If all goes smoothly, we should arrive by nine o'clock.
The melodrama is also hobbled with being too episodic and old fashioned, but Frank Borzage directs smoothly and Pickford gets one fantastic scene when her ranch home gets attacked by vicious rustlers. 2009 April : Scrubbles.net
Whatever crisis engulfs the country, at least you know that the engine is turning over smoothly, every sprocket interlocking, the gears changing so imperceptibly that all you can hear is the ticking of the clock.
When adulteration ratio reaches 3 % ~5 % ( mass fraction ) , the flowability of powders changes smoothly.
Rhodry used the ring to reinforce his command that she fly as smoothly as possible. A Time of War
Clarke was particularly impressive during his stay, purring along like a smoothly running motor, severe on anything short, quick to the drive and twinkling down the pitch at every opportunity to England's spinners, once dispatching Monty Panesar into the crowd at long-off. England Look to Heavens for Salvation
How to solve those issues and let the pull-up effect of high-tech export going more smoothly?This is the question needs to be answered here.
The riveted metal shaft needs to run perfectly smoothly into the wooden shaft or you will get blisters or worse. Times, Sunday Times
But in the few weeks since ace trainer/Polytrack disapprover Bob Baffert said he "probably" would bail on Del Mar next summer and ship his considerable stable back East, diligent work has been done on the fake surface, and things have gone smoothly. Fore, right!
‘Your Highness, forgive me for saying so, but you look absolutely ravishing tonight,’ he said smoothly, grinning at her charmingly.
Then Redell pointed the aircraft's nose down the runway and accelerated ever so smoothly.
‘Oh, he's her boyfriend,’ stated Clay, rather smoothly, and in turn gained a sharp pinch in the side by yours truly.
We lapped the track a few times at a walk, trot and canter and Risk went through it pretty smoothly.
In an age of lurid, kiss-and-tell celebrity tittle-tattle, the gentle contours of a smoothly flowing career and the discreet details of a happy, lasting marriage are hardly the material of a bestseller.
He progressed smoothly through the beginner ranks, eventually competing in enough races for an upgrade to sport.

How To Use Smoothly In A Sentence

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