skim

Example Sentences

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“Oh yeah. Just like the summer before seventh grade, when we took my grandpa’s tents out to the shore, and you swore you saw a UFO skimming along the lake.”

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He felt the rush of wind, the needle-sharp fangs as they skimmed his snout.

From Literature

He was raising a calf by hand on skim milk.

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Theo skims along life, all surface, no depth, simple and uncomplicated.

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I skim one article, feeling sick to my stomach as I read the words “overuse injury” and “could lead to a stress fracture” and “weeks or months to resolve.”

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