skirt

Example Sentences

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She wore a tartan outfit with powerful shoulder pads and a full skirt.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

There’s also a mouth-watering 100-ounce American wagyu skirt steak served with shishito peppers, pickles and charred carrots.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

On Evie, a reader can scroll from “7 Iced Starbuck Dupes With a Fraction of the Calories” to meditations on the health risks of hormonal birth control and vaccines that skirt any of the benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

This can allow them to sell stock during blackout periods and skirt stock-sale rules that would otherwise apply to corporate insiders.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

“It wouldn’t feel right to recognize one of these scholars without the other,” he goes on, and I grip the fabric of my skirt so hard I’m surprised it doesn’t tear.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison