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Example sentences for: skimmed

How can you use “skimmed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A British sailor gave her the name “Old Ironsides,” as cannon balls skimmed off her copper sheathed gunwales and he marveled at her apparent indestructibility.
That is, she has skimmed the surface by reading a few reviews.
“Here along Oil Creek, Indians skimmed the surface oil off the water for domestic uses, and white settlers bottled it for medicinal purposes and called it Seneca Oil.”
International Monetary Fund officials continue to deny that funds were skimmed off IMF accounts but admit that they've had accountability problems with Russia's central bank in the past.
Here is my own preliminary view, based on 400 pages read, 200 skimmed, and 100 foregone: Maybe, just maybe, minimalist fiction wasn't such a bad thing after all.