skin

Example Sentences

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The taste of seawater drying on skin after a swim.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

“Ultimately, the audience has to believe that at a surface level it can be deemed a normal conversation. There’s many ways to skin it. You always hope it lands in a real way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"You come here, you've got to have tough skin," Guercio said.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

"Yes, I do. The fundamentals aren't to do with the colour of the skin of people running our High Streets. It's to do with long-term decline and neglect."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

She could’ve been posed on the moving-picture screen—the porcelain skin, the wide almond eyes, the long silky hair, all the things the world picked out and remarked on.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu