skimming
Example Sentences
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Readers less enrapt about the details of these might find themselves skimming sections about them, or those about operating-system updates and later iMac models.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
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
The world stone skimming championships have been rocked by a cheating scandal, after several competitors were disqualified for tampering.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
To list even the most notable of your credits would not even be skimming the surface of your extensive resume.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025
She leafed through the pages, skimming for signs of Reed’s name among the dusty paragraphs and disjointed phrases, but the stories were gone.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
