skimmed

Example Sentences

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If it appeared on a menu, I skimmed past it.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

The drop was driven mainly by falling cheese and butter prices, due to ample supplies and strong global competition, while milk powder prices edged higher, supported by renewed import demand for skimmed milk powder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

Based between an ancient burial mound and a rusting tin hut, the men stood on top of a nuclear fallout bunker, while aircraft skimmed them at terrifyingly low altitudes.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

Beyond the pilgrims hundreds of small boats skimmed over the river.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan