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. 9, 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

And those looks are just skimming the surface.

From Salon • May 6, 2025

In trying to tell Rivers’ whole story, “Joan” winds up skimming the surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

Mrs. Castleman peered through round tortoiseshell spectacles over the glass case containing the breads and pastries, her gaze just barely skimming the top.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser