Skimming Sentence Examples

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  • He started skimming through one stack of oils.

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  • Skimming it, her gaze settled on the last line of the first page.

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  • She met his gaze, emotions skimming through her eyes.

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  • When he broke contact, Lana pulled his head back to hers, her hands skimming over his shoulders before she undid the top two buttons on his uniform.

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  • Bring to the boil, skimming the surface of any foam.

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  • Swimming in a pool, going to the beach and skimming across the surface of the water in a boat or on a jet ski are favorite summer pastimes for people of all ages.

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  • In skimming the crust from the surface of the lead some unalloyed lead is also drawn off, and has to be separated by an additional operation (liquation), as, running lower in silver than the crust, it would otherwise reduce its silver content and increase the amount of lead to be cupelled.

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  • I do not use skimming as a strategy for reading newspaper articles, or novels for that matter.

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  • Lana asked, gaze skimming over the oranges in crates.

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  • Most travelers will start their journey in Sydney, merely skimming the surface of what 's on offer in this dynamic city.

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  • The right whales for example, feed by skimming along at or near the water surface.

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  • A quick check of your fellow beach goers will reveal quite a few jaws skimming the sand.

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  • It is typically cinched below the bust and flows out below that, skimming over the belly and hips and essentially concealing them completely.

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  • Choose an empire waist style with a body skimming A-line skirt, and create an illusion of height to complement a shorter body.

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  • Articles are often written to aid readers who are simply "skimming" for the answer to a particular question.

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  • When an article is structured according to the inverted pyramid format, online readers who are quickly skimming to look for information can more easily obtain the facts they need.

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  • These sites are great for skimming whether an episode should be hurried home and watched or saved for the next day when you have more time.

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  • A silk slip was the perfect piece to wear under a body skimming dress with a flirty skirt, as it moved with the dress and didn't cling.

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  • In 2005, Studdard sued his manager, who is also his godfather, for skimming money from him.

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  • Other methods involved skimming the froth off bear or using old grape juice.

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  • We would advise just skimming through these reports in case anything stands out.

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  • Never was boy more taken by surprise; he went skimming over the surface like a stone from a sling.

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  • Plus size fleece jackets are offered in a vast array of styles including spring fleece rain jackets, snugly warm zippered jackets and body skimming big buttoned jackets.

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  • If you are dressing for a very special occasion, shapewear like Spanx can help to smooth your figure under body skimming dresses.

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  • Nape skimming fringe is a good length to aim for.

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  • If you have never looked at Miraclesuits, you might want to start off just skimming the pages to see what's available.

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  • Nor did it stay in fashion - corsets in the early 19th century were somewhat looser and more comfortable, skimming the body and concentrating on keeping the back straight.

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  • Skimming the head also increases the compression ratio and to avoid detonation with low octane fuel a low compression piston is used.

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  • Most travelers will start their journey in Sydney, merely skimming the surface of what's on offer in this dynamic city.

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  • One geniis of Hydrometridae (Halobates) is even oceanic in its habit, the species being met with skimming over the surface of the sea hundreds of miles from land.

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  • The earliest system adopted for the collection of petroleum appears to have consisted in Early skimming the oil from the surface of the water upon Methods which it had accumulated, and Professor Lesley states, that at Paint Creek, in Johnson county, Kentucky, a Mr George and others were in the habit of collecting oil from the sands, " by making shallow canals loo or 200 ft.

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  • The latter are circular or rectangular vessels, holding from 500 to 1500 gallons each, according to the capacity of the factory, and fitted with steam coils at the bottom and skimming troughs at the top. In them the syrup is quickly brought up to the boil and skimmed for about five minutes, when it is run off to the service tanks of the vacuum pans.

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  • To the kettle, two-thirds full of crystals of lead, is now added lead of the same tenor in silver, the whole is liquefied, and the cooling, crystallizing, skimming and ladling are repeated.

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  • The whole wing is a unique modification, deeply affecting the skeletal, muscular and tegumentary structures, but fluttering, skimming, sailing, soaring are motions much more akin to one another than climbing and grasping, running, scratching, paddling and wading.

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