skim over

Example Sentences

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"It's important we don't skim over what happened."

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Hydroplanes, fast motor boats designed to skim over the surface of the water, will speed by on Lake Washington at over 200 mph as they compete throughout the weekend.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Casual readers often ignore or skim over Wikipedia’s references, but they play a crucial role in its editorial process.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2022

And she dives deep into the transformative moments in Pelosi’s early political career that are so well known a biographer might be tempted to skim over them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2021

Instead, I seemed to skim over the carpet of a corridor.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck