She now threw herself among the dancers, whirling, as a swallow skims through the air when pursued.
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Skims
Synonyms for "skims" (16 found)
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13 entriesCollocations
11 entriesquick skimskim articleskim dataskim layerskim milkskim notesskim of the articleskim of the literatureskim readingskim resultsskim table
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
7 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
With one wing it skims the water, with the other it caresses the sky; its talons plow the sea, its beak strikes the rocks.
Source: tatoeba (11607534)
A NASA spacecraft skims the surface of an asteroid to capture a sample.
Source: tatoeba (12134727)