1 Tom skimmed up the shore through the long twilight, chatting cheerily with Huck, and landed shortly after dark.
2 I skimmed around for the watchman, a-wondering whereabouts he slept; and by and by I found him roosting on the bitts forward, with his head down between his knees.
3 The boat was built for speed; her two paddle-wheels were like two wings with which she skimmed the water like a bird.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 112. The Departure. 4 Round and round, in and out they skimmed.
5 The play was over; swallows skimmed the grass that had been the stage.
6 When she was serene she skimmed like a swallow, and that is how she was moving now.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete 7 He had a torn jacket, muffler of a blue like skimmed milk.
8 Yes, each time that there arises in Russia a movement of thought, it becomes clear that the movement sinks deep into the Slavonic nature where it would but have skimmed the surface of other nations.
9 Besides this, the monarchy sometimes was in need of children, and in that case it skimmed the streets.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY 10 Down the graveled path she flew, skimming lightly as a bird, her faded skirts streaming behind her, her arms outstretched.
11 Kennicott brought down a fat red squirrel and at dusk he had a dramatic shot at a flight of ducks whirling down from the upper air, skimming the lake, instantly vanishing.
12 At first they appeared like black specks, and now they looked like birds skimming the surface of the waves.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 77. Haidee. 13 My incredulity was submerged in fascination now; it was like skimming hastily through a dozen magazines.
14 Real swallows were skimming over real grass.