Sentence examples for a skirting from inspiring English sources

"He came out from under a skirting board and just sat on the carpet," recalled John Barrett, a member of Parliament from Edinburgh.

"You're thinking about it like a stain on a skirting board or a germ in a handshake.

In one darkened room comes the frightening roar of a panther while, in another, light shines from a mouse hole in a skirting board, accompanied by the soundtrack of a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Even so, lawyers say high-technology start-ups will be vulnerable litigation targets for a variety of factors: their freewheeling culture that sometimes resulted in a skirting of workplace laws, the high levels of shattered expectations and the intelligence and drive of the aggrieved ex-workers.

A pregnant rat scrabbling behind a skirting board was an invention, but the beautiful, self-contained teenage girl, her boisterous and charming younger brother, their family at a point of disintegration, the small fishing town and a doomed eel-catching business were all briefly part of my life.

A "skirting" was added to road restraint systems, especially on tight curves, for guidance and protection of motorcyclists.

"With a skirt?

I'm wearing a skirt.

"She had a skirt on.

"The girl wore a skirt.

He's a skirt chaser.