skimmed
Example Sentences
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Morning after morning, residents would retrieve the bottles of milk on their stoops only to find that a thief had skimmed off the cream.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
They’re skimmed over, but not in a manner that feels reluctant or incurious.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
Dwight, now 90, went through a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space on a roughly 10-minute flight.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
By Friday night, officials had skimmed most of the oil, or about 85 gallons, from the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2024
Lola was pacing the floorboards, one hand to her brow as she skimmed through the first pages of the play, muttering the lines from the prologue.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
