Sentences with skin
skin
S s - His skin is clear and smooth.
- That was real crocodile skin.
- Skin is the general term for the outer covering of the animal body and for the covering, especially if thin and tight, of certain fruits and vegetables [human skin, the skin of a peach]; hide1 is used of the tough skins of certain large animals, as of a horse, cow, elephant, etc.; , pelt2 refers to the skin, esp. the untanned skin, of a fur-bearing animal, as of a mink, fox, sheep, etc.; , rind applies to the thick, tough covering of certain fruits, as of a watermelon, or of cheeses, bacon, etc.; , peel1 is used of the skin or rind of fruit that has been removed, as by stripping [potato peel, lemon peel]; bark1 applies to the hard covering of trees and woody plants
- The outer skin of the orange is called the 'zest'. [+ of]
- Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
- ...with the expertise of a chef skinning a rabbit. [VERB noun]
- A skin disease
- A fair skin
- To save one's skin
- He's a good old skin
- He skinned his knee
- skin cream
- skin magazines
- skin magazine
- A beaver skin.
- Pigskin; calfskin.
- A skin of thin ice; the aluminum skin of an airplane.
- She skinned her knee.
- He skinned the rope to the top of the wall.
- skinned at the polls.
- skinned for his disobedience.
- A skin magazine.
- We made the last train by the skin of our teeth.
- His laugh really gets under my skin.
- The complaint desk is a job for someone who has a thick skin.
- Be careful what you say to me, I have a thin skin.
- She escaped from the burning building with a whole skin.
- They betrayed their country to save their skins.
- The home team was skinned alive this afternoon.
- Sisters under the skin.