skid

Example Sentences

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Police officers are analysing skid marks on Jupiter Island's 30mph South Beach Road to gauge the speed of the 82-time tour winner's car while attempting his ill-fated overtake manoeuvre.

From BBC

We were just in the door when I skidded to a stop.

From Literature

He loved the snow: pouncing on it and tossing lumps of ice high in the air, then skidding to a halt to listen to lemmings and snowvoles burrowing under the surface.

From Literature

It’s pulling into the station now, a cloud of steam and dust and screeching noise as I skid down the final steps.

From Literature

The sales skid continued for three years straight —as has pressure on the margins of builders offering plentiful incentives to keep sales volume up.

From Barron's