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

But that is still only skimming the surface.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

That spring morning she had flown over the sea with her bare feet skimming the water, her boots in her pockets, the ocean spray flecking her ankles, laughing with the speed and joy of it.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell