How to Use skid in a Sentence

skid

1 of 2 noun

• The car hit a patch of ice and went into a skid.
• This victory ends a five-game skid.
• And Brady and the Buccaneers are due to end a three-game skid.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• The Texas Rangers are in the midst of their worst losing skid this season.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
• The announcement came on the heels of the Sky ending a six-game skid.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
• Memphis has the third-best record in the NBA, but is in the midst of a three-game losing skid.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023
• There’s also a front skid plate, rock rails, and a rack with two spare wheels in the bed.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
• More:Need to drive in the snow or recover from a skid on ice?
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2022
• The team members clung to the skids and rocket pods of the helicopter.
  — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Their homers helped Seattle stop a two-game skid against the Cubs, who took the first two in the series .
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• The Rebel comes with 20-inch tries, 33-inch tires and skid plates to protect the fuel tank and skid plates.
  — Charlotte Druckman, Town & Country, 13 June 2023
• The last time the Orioles lost three in a row was a four-game skid that began in late June.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
• Moving to the skid pad, Fink flicked the wheel left, then drifted the E-Ray in a huge circle.
  — cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
• Thursday’s victory snapped the skid and moved the Mavs to 35-28 on the season.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Cyclones claimed it a year ago in a 10-7 slog, ending a six-game skid in the series.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• In third periods and overtime in the nine-game skid, the Sharks have now been outscored 22-1.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
• But the manner in which this skid unfolded seemed to leave a scar.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• The Bears are trying to steer out of a four-game skid and have lost seven of eight overall.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2022
• That ended Cal’s losing streak at six games, but the win took only some of the sting out of that skid.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Nov. 2022
• Cal then won three of four before ending the season on a 16-game skid.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
• The Wild stopped a two-game skid and won their first game back after their eight-game bye week/all-star break.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2024
• The Cougars, by the way, entered Saturday on a three-game skid and hadn’t scored more than 17 points in any of those games.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2022
• The Knights play again Thursday at Jacksonville State trying to snap a two-game skid.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2023
• Victory for the Suns snaps a two-game skid, with the team currently sixth in the West and still fighting to avoid the play-in.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
• Spencer Knight had 23 saves as Florida snapped a two-game skid.
  — George Richards, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2022
• Winter weather:Need to drive in the snow or recover from a skid on ice?
  — The Courier-Journal, 31 Jan. 2023
• Something was clearly clicking this week, and a win has pulled the reigning champs out of a six-game skid.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
• The Guardians snapped a three-game losing skid and moved to 5-6 against Chicago in 11 meetings this season.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• Jarren Duran snapped an 0-for-14 skid with an RBI double off the wall.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• The bottom line: The first order of business needs to be ending that unsightly skid against the Chiefs.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023

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skid

2 of 2 verb

• The truck skidded on the icy road.
• I skidded on the ice and fell.
• He slammed on the brakes, and the car skidded to a halt.
• The car skidded off the road and into the gully.
• The driver then slammed on the brakes, but the car skidded past the stop bar.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 6 July 2019
• The attack jet skidded across the runway and came to a halt.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2020
• Rubber feet will keep the post from skidding across the floor.
  — Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 10 Sep. 2023
• The video then shows the car, engulfed in flames, skid to a stop as the tunnel fills with smoke.
  — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
• The crew couldn’t stop the plane, which blew a tire before skidding to a halt just short of the Bering Sea.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2019
• His car was struck by a trailing car, flipped and skidded along the track.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2020
• And the team couldn’t skid by with a single version of Vecna.
  — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
• Make the wrong decision and your car could end up skidding off the road.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019
• His body skidded across a patch of lava rock, scraping a good deal of the skin off the left side of his body.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• The Red Raiders are skidding, and come into Tuesday as losers of three of their past four.
  — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 4 Feb. 2020
• Just four paws skidding across the wooden floor and learning how to wag her tail.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 5 May 2020
• Newman's car landed on its roof and skidded across the track in a shower of sparks and flames.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2020
• Chalk flew up as shots skidded off the lines; serves were strong and some rallies endless.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 14 July 2019
• Dogs skidding across linoleum kitchen floors are good for business.
  — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
• The gun apparently slipped out of his hands and skidded across the parking lot.
  — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 19 Mar. 2020
• The boot won’t bounce back coming out of one turn to prepare you for the next, causing your midfoot to bow or the tail of your skis to skid out.
  — Anna Fiorentino, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2022
• The Kia landed on its hood before rolling back upright and skidding to a stop.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
• Some people use a shovel, stick, or even car mats to push or skid snapping turtles across the road.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2022
• The threat of a second wave of the coronavirus has spooked investors, causing the stock market to skid Thursday.
  — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 12 June 2020
• Misfiring flares skidded along the sand, exploding in the water or among the crowds.
  — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 2 July 2023
• Last week, six people were killed in the city of Noida, near New Delhi, after their car skidded off the road.
  — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2020
• The plane skidded across the field after clipping a power line and came to rest in the front yard of a residential home, which was across the street from the field.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
• The plane approached too low on a landing, skidded across the deck, and then fell off the deck’s edge into the ocean after the pilot had ejected.
  — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
• As Brown surveyed the warehouse in Missouri, a crew steered forklifts and skid lifts among the stacks of plain wooden boxes.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• The impact sent Newman's Ford into the outer wall, causing it to flip over and skid along the track on its roof for some distance.
  — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2020
• That means that any sudden car movements – stopping, accelerating, or turning – could cause the tires to skid on top of the snow.
  — Kinsey Crowley, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024