How to use skimming in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word skimming? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples While skimming through an article about ordering paper maps online I discovered a fact that was new to me. Suddenly, instead of skimming the glassy surface, you could be struggling with the deep, dark world of potential disaster. Johnny grabbed onto the side and pulled himself up, his boot skimming the surface of the fire. Dropping the stones he had been skimming across the surface of the slow-flowing creek, he reached immediately for the gun in his jacket. At one point I was skimming stones into the mist, and I couldn't tell how many jumps they'd made as I'd lost contact. A recent effort discloses effective methods for stone skimming on water bodies. McKinna claims that stone skimming can be compared to the javelin and discus. He was babbling away to himself, skimming stones through the dust to emphasise his broken punctuation. And finally, a French physicist has come up with a mathematical formula for skimming stones on water. It feels like a great hand has suddenly grabbed hold and flung you across the surface like a skimming stone. But, skimming through it, I came across a quote that really caught my eye, from the wife of a soldier. I tore into the envelope and pulled out the letter, skimming quickly over it. Blackden succeeds in sticking to his promise of covering the more interesting cases in detail rather than skimming over a lot of cases. As a conversationalist, Birkin is a whirlwind, skimming over subjects, lifting them up, reshaping them utterly before throwing them back down. On our way down, a boarder in a bright blue jacket catches my eye, carving tight and skimming across the snow like she's flying. She shifted her gaze to where he motioned for her to look and saw boats with white sails skimming lazily across the still orange-tinted waters. The links are very easily read, the headlines are concise, and the use of bold in the copy allows for skimming without interfering with reading. Top off the look with a belly skimming T-shirt or airy peasant blouse, flowing hippie hair, and a pair of beaded slides. Add the reserved both and bouquet garni, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 20 minutes, skimming occasionally. I leapt from the building and vaulted over the wall that had previously blocked my way, barely skimming my knee on the top as I went. Show More Sentences Its crew is looking not for tuna but for schools of spotted or spinner dolphins skimming along the surface in pods of up to a thousand or more. Tom suddenly slid out from beneath Aligore, skimming on his back across the canted deck. He flipped through his geometry book, skimming the pages for any sign of the folded paper that he'd written out his homework onto. She was veiled in a dark cloak, billowing around her slim body and skimming the surface of the water. Then her gaze shifted to the insects that were skimming the surface of the water like it was glass. Tilting her face upwards, she swept her long hair back, her hand skimming the stitches along her hairline. Sam sat at the rickety old table, sipping a cup of coffee and skimming through the comics in the daily paper. Hearing these confessionals was a thrill akin to skimming Lady Macbeth's diary or getting drunk with Machiavelli. Lucinda quickly regained her composure, a dark blush flushing her pale cheeks, as she reopened the book, hurriedly skimming the past page. Criminals are learning new and unusual ways to obtain personal information, like using crimeware or credit card skimming. Bring the dal and 1.2 litres water to the boil in a large saucepan, skimming. Add the remaining chicken stock and demi-glace and simmer for two hours, skimming occasionally. I approached it again, this time dimpling the water with a stick, and the strider burst into a long run of skips like a skimming stone. After the plane arrives, we fly over the watery green plain, skimming above rivers of burnished silver and snowy flocks of tundra swan. There was a biting wind skimming the gently rippling surface of the cold shore. I've never read the book, but I did get the sense from the movie that it was skimming through the book, rushing the story. Lacey reached forward and took it, her eyes briefly skimming over the first few pages. Bring slowly to the boil, skimming off the froth that rises to the surface. It was a beautiful setting, with calm blue sea, azure skies, brown sailed dhows skimming past us, and it was also very hot. Restaurants, in particular, have been hit by skimming scams, especially overseas. Show More Sentences I took a shaky breath and with a trembling hand, I took out the paper once more, my eyes skimming over the quickly written words. Albatross, cape pigeons, diving petrels, monymawks, mottled petrels, and sooty shearwaters all took their turns skimming our bow wave for fish. Mostly it's sand, sometimes a fine shingle, sometimes pebbles of every hue, and here and there flat shale for skimming the waves. These tree skimming aircraft run reconnaissance missions deep into enemy territory, locating and taking out supposed threats. Whenever I made that correction I felt like I was lightly skimming over the mogul field. She quickly opened the folder and flicked through some of the pages, her eyes skimming over the bold type. Simmer for five minutes before skimming off any scummy bits gathered on the surface. Reduce the heat and simmer until reduced by half, skimming off any excess fat. After we have cooked anything in the masterstock we strain it, return it to the boil for two more minutes while skimming off any impurities. Add cold water almost to cover and bring slowly to the boil, skimming if necessary. Simmer the cooking liquid until reduced to four cups, skimming the surface as needed to remove any impurities. When cookbooks talk about stock, they often imply that the worst mistake you can make is letting it boil or not skimming often enough. I know she's not the brightest, but she is from Fife and they know all about skimming public money there, don't they? And, now they've been made into kind of these big monopolies that are skimming enormous amounts of money. In the Bank of China case, Hong Kong authorities allege that Fan started skimming money in the early 1990s, when he worked at the Kaiping branch. Then it was off, skimming across a glasslike surface leaving a creamy white trail behind us. The clouds were skimming lower than usual, but other than that, the sky was clear. This can make life superficial, lived on the surface like the ice-skater skimming at speed but with no depth. I began circling the black monstrosity, barely skimming my hand on the surface. Sharlotte had her hand trailing in the water, her fingers skimming the bubbling surface. Show More Sentences And that's just skimming the surface of the ' leftist ' propaganda out there. Over the fast blue waters of the Harrison we blasted up the river, skimming the surface at high speed, skipping lightly over submerged sand bars. Atong claimed I was skimming the money I was collecting for the president. He is creating moral hazard by making investors think that investment risks are minimized simply by skimming an independent stock research report. We were halfway through a dive when a beautiful eagle ray came flapping out of the blue, skimming over us and plunging into the sand to pick up some lunch. Previous generations of retirees were skimming off the top of a rapidly growing surplus. Still, some campus security consultants worry backpacks are just skimming the surface of a deeper problem. Whisk in the flour and reduce to sauce consistency, skimming occasionally and adding more stock as necessary. Until seconds before the reassuring clunk of the landing gear, only the aeroplane's shadow skimming across the murky water is visible immediately below. Imagine landing a plane or skimming a flat rock across a body of water. It was sheer physical pleasure, freewheeling or skimming along with minimum effort through meadows, orchards, vineyards, woods and tiny towns with squares and window boxes. Imagine a drone skimming above the ocean waves, steered by scientists on a research ship in the distance. I lingered a long time in the rocky little cove, skimming pebbles of green marble across the waves and picturing the saint arriving on such a day of threatening weather. McLaren's skimming drive shaved the outside of the post whilst Templeman finally showed his worth with a rising drive McGovern was only too happy to help over the bar. There is also an interesting chapter on how to write headings, titles, and links to help make your content more accessible for those searching and skimming your pages. It just arrived in the mail today and I don't know anything about it but what I just read on the dust jacket and skimming through the front matter. Skin was definitely in, with most of the collection consisting of shorts just skimming the bottom under crop tops or transparent floor-length floaty coats. Looking out the window, I can see an orange flame of whimsical light skimming the horizon, and hues of blue to grey look down benignly from above. The wind kicked up, skimming clouds over the surface of the full moon. Fraudsters can easily clone credit cards by using a skimming machine. Show More Sentences I perceive a flock of snow-birds, skimming lightsomely through the tempest, and flitting from drift to drift, as sportively as swallows in the delightful prime of summer. Bowling underwent an evolution around 1760 when bowlers began to pitch the ball instead of rolling or skimming it towards the batsman. They use several feeding methods, including skimming the surface, lunging, and bubble nets. Having a key at the start or end of the publication obviates skimming over the text searching for an earlier use to find the expansion. And it is rather hills and fields that seem sternwards to fly When really the ship is rowing, or under sail goes skimming by. Bank swallows are skimming above the stream, snatching insects, curvetting, rocketing up against the dying light. A slight breeze picked up, sending a few loose rizlas skimming along the sand. Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean. Prosecutors say Bulger's gang members suspected Wheeler knew they had been skimming money from his business, World Jai Alai. Unfortunately it didn't have the courage to build on these scenes instead of skimming past them like a film in fast-forward. This is the place for skimming stones, racing crabs and fishing for tiddlers in the rockpools. The pair spent a brief but happy period skimming stones, singing songs, and gazing into each other's gigantic gogglesome eyes. The operations of quartzing, charging, skimming, matte handling, firing and grating are carried out at Garfield about the same as at Anaconda and Cananea. The gulls in the river were flying in long, lazy curves, dipping down to the water, skimming it an instant, and then wheeling up again with easy, slanting wings. Examples from Classical Literature She answered shortly enough, and the skimming of the milk was not done with the adeptness which she usually displayed. It reminds one of sea-birds skimming the water, and anon diving for a tidbit. They were skimming along those green-shaded drives that are so sophisticatedly sylvan. The turbine howled as the driver gunned us up on the air cushion and sent us skimming away. Cover them with water, and stew it slowly for an hour, skimming it well. Keep the lid close, except when you are skimming off the fat. Keep the pan closely covered, except when you are skimming it. Skim them well, and keep the kettle covered when you are not skimming. Boil it slowly for two or three hours, skimming it carefully. The mass is then boiled, when the supernatant oil is removed by skimming. Fleetwood had a skimming sense of a drop upon a funny, whirly world. As the whey rises, dip it off with a saucer or a skimming dish. In an instant I had shot out of the eddies and was skimming down the sky. When the breeze came skimming the earth the sledge seemed to be lifted off the ground by its sails. Get thee home, blockhead, and see after thy affairs, and thy wife and children, and give over these fooleries that are sapping thy brains and skimming away thy wits. The pirates were skimming rapidly across the smooth waters of the harbor, answering Sing's harmless shots with yells of derision and wild, savage war cries. Find more words! Another word for Opposite of Meaning of Rhymes with Sentences with Find word forms Translate from English Translate to English Words With Friends Scrabble Crossword / Codeword Words starting with Words ending with Words containing exactly Words containing letters Pronounce Find conjugations Find names From Afrikaans From Albanian From Amharic From Arabic From Armenian From Azerbaijani From Basque From Belarusian From Bengali From Bosnian From Bulgarian From Catalan From Cebuano From Chichewa From Chinese From Corsican From Croatian From Czech From Danish From Dutch From Esperanto From Estonian From Farsi From Filipino From Finnish From French From Frisian From Galician From Georgian From German From Greek From Gujarati From Haitian Creole From Hausa From Hebrew From Hindi From Hmong From Hungarian From Icelandic From Igbo From Indonesian From Irish From Italian From Japanese From Javanese From Kannada From Kazakh From Khmer From Korean From Kurdish From Kyrgyz From Lao From Latin From Latvian From Lithuanian From Luxembourgish From Macedonian From Malagasy From Malay From Malayalam From Maltese From Maori From Marathi From Mongolian From Burmese From Nepali From Norwegian From Polish From Portuguese From Punjabi From Romanian From Russian From Samoan From Scots Gaelic From Serbian From Sesotho From Shona From Sinhala From Slovak From Slovenian From Somali From Spanish From Sundanese From Swahili From Swedish From Tajik From Tamil From Telugu From Thai From Turkish From Ukrainian From Urdu From Uzbek From Vietnamese From Welsh From Xhosa From Yiddish From Yoruba From Zulu To Afrikaans To Albanian To Amharic To Arabic To Armenian To Azerbaijani To Basque To Belarusian To Bengali To Bosnian To Bulgarian To Catalan To Cebuano To Chichewa To Chinese To Corsican To Croatian To Czech To Danish To Dutch To Esperanto To Estonian To Farsi To Filipino To Finnish To French To Frisian To Galician To Georgian To German To Greek To Gujarati To Haitian Creole To Hausa To Hebrew To Hindi To Hmong To Hungarian To Icelandic To Igbo To Indonesian To Irish To Italian To Japanese To Javanese To Kannada To Kazakh To Khmer To Korean To Kurdish To Kyrgyz To Lao To Latin To Latvian To Lithuanian To Luxembourgish To Macedonian To Malagasy To Malay To Malayalam To Maltese To Maori To Marathi To Mongolian To Burmese To Nepali To Norwegian To Polish To Portuguese To Punjabi To Romanian To Russian To Samoan To Scots Gaelic To Serbian To Sesotho To Shona To Sinhala To Slovak To Slovenian To Somali To Spanish To Sundanese To Swahili To Swedish To Tajik To Tamil To Telugu To Thai To Turkish To Ukrainian To Urdu To Uzbek To Vietnamese To Welsh To Xhosa To Yiddish To Yoruba To Zulu English French Afrikaans Word Albanian Word Arabic Word Bengali Word Chinese Word Croatian Word Czech Word Danish Word Dutch Word English Word Finnish Word French Word German Word Greek Word Hindi Word Hungarian Word Icelandic Word Indonesian Word Italian Word Japanese Word Korean Word Latin Word Malay Word Malayalam Word Marathi Word Nepali Word Norwegian Word Polish Word Portuguese Word Romanian Word Russian Word Serbian Word Slovak Word Spanish Word Swahili Word Swedish Word Tamil Word Telugu Word Thai Word Turkish Word Ukrainian Word Uzbek Word Vietnamese Word Welsh Word All words 2-letter words 3-letter words 4-letter words 5-letter words 6-letter words 7-letter words 8-letter words 9-letter words 10-letter words 11-letter words 12-letter words 13-letter words 14-letter words Plural of Singular of Past tense of Present tense of Verb for Adjective for Adverb for Noun for Meaning of name Origin of name Names meaning Names starting with Names of origin skimming Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search Advanced Word Finder See Also What is another word for skimming? What is the opposite of skimming? Words that rhyme with skimming What is the plural of skimming? What is the adverb for skimming? What is the adjective for skimming? What is the noun for skimming? Translations for skimming Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words skim-milk skimmia skimmers skimmer skimmed through skimmed skimmings skimmington skimp skimpily skimpiness skimping 8-letter Words Starting With s sk ski skim skimm skimmi skimmin