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skirted

verb as in border; be on the edge

verb as in avoid; get around

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Example Sentences

The short-skirted purple uniform looks charming on the well-built girl with the large, sad, blue eyes.

If this is truly the case, the E.U. will have skirted both its own rules and, by extension, Israel's Boycott Law.

One thing the two laws would have had in common, though, is the ability to be easily skirted by gun manufacturers.

“They skirted around it by saying he was a man of faith,” said “Reality Steve” Carbone, who writes about The Bachelor on his blog.

Filming stalled, then continued without him with a six-episode prequel that skirted around the titular character.

When the short-skirted, gossamer clad nymphs made their appearance on the stage they became restless and fidgety.

In 1837 the churchyard had some pleasant walks along the sides, bounded by a low wooden fence, and skirted with trees.

It is skirted by houses and gardens and is a valuable acquisition to the town.

The path leading to it is over a small ledge of rock, skirted on each side by a yawning abyss.

Immense plantations of rice, skirted by bananas and other fruit-trees, extend along the banks of the Pearl stream.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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