skim over

Example Sentences

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"It's important we don't skim over what happened."

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

“And let’s not skim over the facts here: Whole milk is truly the cream of the crop in delivering these key vitamins and nutrients to growing children.”

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Hydroplanes, fast motor boats designed to skim over the surface of the water, will speed by on Lake Washington at over 200 mph as they compete throughout the weekend.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

And she dives deep into the transformative moments in Pelosi’s early political career that are so well known a biographer might be tempted to skim over them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2021

But then the starter would set the field off, War Admiral would drop down and skim over the track, and everyone would forgive him for his imperiousness.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand