Sentences with skim
skim
S s - Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface. [V n + off/from]
- ...seagulls skimming the waves. [VERB noun]
- He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully. [VERB noun]
- To skim milk
- To skim stones over water
- A pond skimmed with ice
- To skim a flat stone across a pond
- skim coat
- To skim the cream from milk.
- To skim milk.
- The sailboat skimmed the lake.
- To skim a stone across the lake.
- Ice skimmed the lake at night.
- Bargain hunters skimmed the flea markets early in the morning.
- The real bargains had been skimmed by early shoppers.
- The casino skimmed two million a year.