- present participle of skim.
skimming
Example Sentences
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Michael Jackson showed off his signature move, the moonwalk, on television in 1983, skimming backwards across the stage to his No. 1 hit “Billie Jean.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
When reading this advert, you would be forgiven for skimming over the words "first steps", as a turn of phrase.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
The world stone skimming championships have been rocked by a cheating scandal, after several competitors were disqualified for tampering.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
His troubled marriage to Dorothy Binney Putnam, an heiress, did not restrain him from skimming her fortune to defray his expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
She sidesteps her desk, skimming the surface with her finger.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
