Example Sentences

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While it’s tempting to wonder what could be if Gasol’s shot had rimmed out or Westbrook had jacked an air ball, these are not the only warts on Washington’s 6-12 record.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2016

There were coaches who had screwed him over and shots that had rimmed out.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2011

But the shields that had rimmed the crater were gone.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham

But in falling it had rimmed the shore with a twenty-foot wall of stranded floes.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack