skipping

Example Sentences

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Can you compensate for skipping exercise this week by doing extra workouts the week before?

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Skacel, the whirling dervish, in his pomp, skipping past defenders and rifling shots past goalkeepers, the little wonder tearing it up.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

When he noticed people were taking the soap and skipping the sermon, he printed his beliefs on the label—30,000 words of ecstatic philosophy wedged alongside boasts about the product’s many uses: Tooth cleaning!

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The bottom two rungs in the E-shaped economy have significantly cut their discretionary spending — with some even skipping meals, as McDonald’s highlighted in its latest earnings report.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“It’s a perfect skipping rock, but I decided to decorate it with glitter like we used to.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt