skim across
Frequency: 6.01.8 per million words
to move quickly and lightly over a surface like water
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Examples (10)
- We skimmed across the water in a small boat.
- The flat stones skimmed across the surface of the frozen pond.
- A swallow skimmed across the lake, catching insects.
- The hovercraft skims across the waves at incredible speeds.
- Morning light skimmed across the ripples of the quiet stream.
- She watched the dragonflies skim across the pond in the garden.
- Several speedboats skimmed across the bay during the race.
- A cloud's shadow skimmed across the long grass of the meadow.
- The hockey puck skimmed across the ice toward the open goal.
- We saw a water strider skim across the surface of the puddle.