Use of skimming in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include skimming at the start of sentence, skimming at the end of sentence and skimming in the middle of sentence

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skimming at the start of sentence


  1. Skimming along the water-front with the peculiarly flat ride jeeps give when they're not lurching on one wheel over lumpy terrain.

skimming in the middle of sentence


  1. A swallow flew west skimming the lake.
  2. The swallows were skimming over the water.
  3. The speedboat took off, skimming the waves.
  4. Boil for 10 minutes, skimming off any scum.
  5. We watched the birds skimming over the lake.
  6. Small boys were skimming stones across the water.
  7. We watched a child skimming stones across the lake.
  8. She drove in the middle lane, skimming past lorries.
  9. Wheat skimming is rather cleverer than potato washing.
  10. He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy.
  11. He pushed us off and we went skimming away from the shore.
  12. Bill pushed us off and we went skimming away from the shore.
  13. He reached for the bat and sent it skimming along the boards.
  14. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward.
  15. For years his business partner had been skimming off the profits.
  16. The little boat was skimming across the sunlit surface of the bay.
  17. A dragonfly sows its eggs while skimming the surface of the water.
  18. Simmer slowly for 30 minutes, skimming any fat that rises to surface.
  19. Puffins zoomed around, skimming the cliff top, wheeling in great circles.
  20. He could see it skimming over the surface of the black waters of the Liffey far below.
  21. Blue-winged dragons o'er dappled Cam skimming, Forked tailed martins, dipping and winging.
  22. Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water'ssurface.
  23. She picked up the stick and hurled it, skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide.
  24. Place over medium-high heat and reduce by half, skimming off any fat that accumulates on surface.
  25. Reduce heat and simmer slowly, uncovered, for 2 to 3 hours, skimming any scum that rises to surface.
  26. The intimate dining room boasts art deco-inspired decor that Lau designed himself after skimming through magazines.
  27. Alexander Bain, the inventor, devised a way of skimming raised metallic letters with a stylus attached to a pendulum.
  28. When police arrested Nestor Padron on suspicion of skimming meter receipts, he was carrying $ 850 in cash, Maher said.

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