skim

Example Sentences

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“If my remaking was skim plaster, she feared, it would crumble. It would not hold me into adulthood.”

From Los Angeles Times

As she skimmed his paperwork he looked around her office.

From Literature

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

He had skimmed twenty pages before it occurred to him to see if the book had an index.

From Literature

Dragonflies skimmed the surface, and a turquoise kingfisher dived into the water and flew out with a wriggling flash of silver in its beak.

From Literature