skimming

Example Sentences

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When reading this advert, you would be forgiven for skimming over the words "first steps", as a turn of phrase.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

The shimmering and pellucid choreographic poem presents its central woman as if arriving on a breeze by way of skimming steps on pointe and ultimately exiting as breezily as she arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Sure, those are private matters, but skimming the surface like this only serves to bolster an image of an actor reformed.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

That’s not film analysis — it’s skimming along a surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Being on a flying horse, skimming over the waves at a hundred miles an hour with the wind in my hair and the sea spray in my face—hey, it beats waterskiing any day.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan