Sentence examples for skirt a from inspiring English sources

Although he has reduced his growth forecast recently, he expects the economy to skirt a recession.

The President's terseness had a purpose: it allowed him to skirt a more exhaustive, and dispiriting, discussion of Afghan realities.

That option has been proposed as a way to skirt a prohibition on E.C.B. financial aid to governments.

(1) Fringing reefs consist of flat reef areas that directly skirt a nonreef island, often volcanic, or a mainland mass.

"I think the recovery is imminent," he said, adding he thought that the economy would skirt a formal recession.

The backdrop of a steadily recovering U.S. economy, China avoiding a hard landing, and Europe having a framework to skirt a systemic breakdown bodes well for the market.

Good news: Your cellphone may soon be able to help you skirt a big traffic snarl.

To get to the foothills of Mount Sharp, it will have to skirt a great swathe of sand dunes.

The skirt, a bit tight.

The selvage, the skirt, a perimeter's trim.

Their recent jibe at the "venomous swish of her skirt" - a propos Park Geun-hye, South Korea's first female president - was offensive, but it is an arresting phrase.