skirting

Example Sentences

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If nocturnes are the center of Ms. Tomes’s book, night music, broadly conceived, is the topic skirting the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The fleet is made up of ageing tankers that carry Russia's oil and gas around the world, skirting Western restrictions.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Mr Pearson recommended sealing gaps around skirting boards, letter boxes and even light fittings.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Ella lives in the “state,” she runs afoul of the “party,” but skirting these details feels too timid.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

We trekked all over Mica, past hundreds of grassless stone-and-cactus front yards, through the Tudorized shopping center, skirting the electronics business park around which the city had' been invented a mere fifteen years before.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli