skimming
Example Sentences
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It’s sketched out for cynical skimming rather than deeper psychological consideration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
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
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
He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
