skimming

Example Sentences

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When reading this advert, you would be forgiven for skimming over the words "first-steps", as a turn of phrase.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

The shimmering and pellucid choreographic poem presents its central woman as if arriving on a breeze by way of skimming steps on pointe and ultimately exiting as breezily as she arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Instead of casually wading into the shallow end, skimming the surface with tepid bits of history about Mansfield’s life and career, Hargitay opts for a cannonball.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

That’s not film analysis — it’s skimming along a surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Meanwhile, I watch as the plane returns to the lake, skimming water from its surface, filling up for a second run.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman