How to Use skirting in a Sentence
skirting
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For most of the drive, FR 300 plays peek-a-boo with the edge of the rim, skirting timber and meadows.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2021
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The flames had melted the skirting of her parents' home and warped a vinyl fence.
—oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2020
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The strapless gown with low wide skirting gives off a mermaid-esque feel.
—Allyson Portee, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
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With a flowy skirting and an embroidered bodice with lots of shimmer, to the silk sleeves, all is captivating.
—Allyson Portee, Forbes, 4 July 2022
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Dig those art deco-like scrolls over the wheel arches, fitted with heavy plastic skirting.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 20 June 2019
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When Drummond ripped off that wooden skirting and made the initial discovery, the pair couldn't help but wonder if there was more to find in the mudroom.
—Georgie Silvarole, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
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The original staircase, which had to be torn down, was reused to create a feature wall, while the skirting boards were repurposed as bar fronts.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 17 July 2022
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There is an aesthetic ethics to the skirting of clichés about religious life, one that the show itself subtly comments on.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
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The situation was awkward to say the least, but it was made even more so by the skirting-on-flirting conversation the pair had at the bar as their fiances looked on.
—Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
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Skriver wore a black gown with white on the bodice, ruched skirting and a flamboyantly voluminous train.
—Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
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Medium Friday finds a low pressure skirting offshore to our south and east with the potential to keep our area cloudy with scattered showers.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2021
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Parmar finds creative ways, often flouting norms or skirting rules, to fit his patients' needs.
—Markian Hawryluk, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2021
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Three crew members went out in a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RIB), scanning the black water under an ivory moon, skirting icebergs, listening for the beat of the Acousondes.
—Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
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Choose the lightest or brightest hue for the major wall surfaces, a darker color for the window and door frames, and a third, medium tone for window sashes and skirting boards (the board under the windowsill).
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
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One gown just swam in a sea of mustard yellow, while another, a 50s style dress with an ankle-length hem had lush skirting with tulle covering, and Valli made mermaid style gowns with tulle.
—Allyson Portee, Forbes, 6 July 2022
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The store is housed in a colonial-style edifice in Osu, Accra with baroque skirting, antique furniture and walls that evoke the nostalgia of 16th-century frescos.
—Ken Kweku Nimo, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2022
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And the story still seemed fictional, at least until October when Drummond ripped off the rotting, wooden skirting on the home's mudroom and something tumbled out at his feet.
—Georgie Silvarole, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
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During a second study hall, Ken Evans Jr., 20, a guard, grabbed his iPad and folded his 6-foot-5 inch frame beneath the skirting of a table of water pitchers, seeking privacy to work on a management project.
—New York Times, 26 Dec. 2021
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In general, homeowners are required by their leases to keep up their home exteriors and yards, including the skirting along the bottom of the home designed to keep rodents from nesting underneath.
—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
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Rather than a civic celebration of one of the town’s greatest cultural contributions, as the 2016 plan envisioned, the council opted instead for a civic celebration of the misdemeanor crime of up-skirting.
—Christopher Knight Art Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
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In reality, Beavan designed and Fletcher built the 40-foot train as three separate sections, hooking onto net-skirting and an exquisite corset, accented with pleated newsprint-paper silk.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
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Victorian details include lofty ceilings, original skirting boards, cornices and ceiling rosettes.
—Alison Gregor, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017
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This sequence of political volatility, followed by Trump's skirting of accountability, has meant that Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign has gone largely unpunished.
—Isobel Thompson, The Hive, 23 June 2017
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