Sentence examples for skimmed over from inspiring English sources

I'm not surprised that the Tory view is that these pesky environmental issues should be hurried through and skimmed over, to ensure that some money can be made.

The story is a small one, a domestic tragedy of a type that turns up in the newspaper almost daily, to be skimmed over and then shrugged off as someone else's problem.

Your blind query is usually dropped with a plop into the slop of the dreaded and aptly named slush pile, where it is then skimmed over by an eighteen-year-old unpaid intern.

The boat skimmed over gentle turquoise waves.

Wingate's psychology is also skimmed over.

Meanwhile, other questions were skimmed over with theatrical prevarications and hazy recollections.

We skimmed over coastal mudflats, which extended inland about half a mile.

Orange, early-morning sun skimmed over the tarmac as Eddy rolled off the ferry at Fishguard.

A drive skimmed over mid-off took Moeen to his 50.

A moment before sunrise, the silhouette of a puffin skimmed over the surface of the Bay of Fundy.

We'll use sensory objects – even a colourful silk scarf may evoke a memory when gently skimmed over peoples' hands.