Example Sentences

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The image-conscious two-way player doesn’t like to say to reporters directly that he won’t speak, as doing so after, say, a hitless game could make him look as if he is skirting accountability.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Even so, the forint is skirting record lows versus the euro, feeding into inflationary pressures.

From Reuters • Jul. 16, 2022

Although there are explicit warnings that this isn’t meant to be a diagnostic device, it feels like Withings is skirting awfully close to the line.

From The Verge • Jun. 10, 2022

And yet — and this, for me, is a heavy yet — it feels as if the movie is skirting something.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022

Who should care for Cicero's periods, when the magnificent conqueror of Gaul is skirting the Umbrian Marshes, making straight for the Rubicon and Rome?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various