How to Use skip in a Sentence

skip

1 of 2 noun
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  • Go back to both feet for 9 skips, then right and left for 9 each.
    — Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • Movie starts off where Far From Home ended and there is a time-skip.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The skip can often be seen (and heard) yelling commands to his squad during play.
    — Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 3 Feb. 2022
  • At 82 years young, John Aniston has an extra skip in his step.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2022
  • There was a skip in my step, as all the city’s possibilities spread out in front of me.
    — Geena Rocero, SELF, 26 June 2023
  • The skip in the human footstep – the flexing of the arch with each step – does little to help carry the body forward, a new study has found.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2023
  • Newton also hints that a skip across the Atlantic is in the cards, teasing the prospect of a New York visit later in the year.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Markets are pricing a skip next week and 40% odds of a hike in November.
    — WSJ, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Rounding out at right under an hour, Gravy takes you through a world of emotions, with no skips.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Any fan of musical bio-pics will be familiar with the form: a hop, a skip, and a jump from one highlight to the next.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 June 2022
  • Even that project, however, could easily have been a skip for Roberts.
    — Vulture, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Since 1995, the median pause time in central bank skips has been three-five months, Goldman Sachs noted.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 14 June 2023
  • From picking up strangers on the subway to picking them off with a silenced rifle, through a hotel window, is just a hop and a skip.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Enter the peninsula’s photogenic beaches, all just a hop and a skip from town.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The central banks of Canada and Australia recently hiked rates after a skip.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 14 June 2023
  • The whole album is very strong, with no skips… including the deluxe edition with additional tracks adding up to 16, all told.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Wollman lobs the ball, Calabrese swings hard, and a two-hopper skips toward the shortstop, Gordon Norton.
    — Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This is an appealingly brief album—its eight songs last just 32 minutes, and not one warrants a skip.
    — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the masked children came out with a skip in their step after their first full school day, and what little could be seen of a smile showed from behind their colorful face masks.
    — Yadira Sanchez Olson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • As an art-house in-joke, the title of Williams’ new sort-of-documentary, sort-of-funhouse-mirror-maze skips straight to threequel status.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Picture a hot spring day in the 1950s on the Mekong Delta, just a skip from the border of Cambodia, where the dirt road winds like a rusty-red serpent up onto a bridge overlooking a river.
    — Thao Thai, ELLE, 30 June 2023
  • Without diverging from the metronomic pacing, the swerve puts a little skip in between steps, a lift that’s like a higher note.
    — New York Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Earlier this month, the record-keeping organization revealed that Kit Kat — a 13-year-old tabby — set the world record for most skips by a cat in one minute.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Upon Orion's dip back into the atmosphere after its skip, the spacecraft will slow to about 300 mph to deploy its parachutes.
    — Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Ali starts sluggishly out of the blocks as the other runners burst forward, and quickly fades far behind the pack before jogging toward the finish line and ending with a small skip.
    — David Close, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
  • An accomplished skip-caster can hop a lure 20 feet or more under imposing cover.
    — Mark Hicks, Field & Stream, 29 June 2020
  • America's hot labor market, resilient demand and sticky inflation raised chances that a skip, followed by a raise, could be how the Fed manages short-term interest rates.
    — WSJ, 7 June 2023
  • As the quarter progressed, the Vikings consistently found openings on the backside of the Lions’ defense executing skip passes.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The app allows users to create a cleaning schedule, create a map of one’s home, skips rooms if needed and much more. Check out all of the deals Amazon is currently offering on iRobot Roomba robot vacuums below.
    — Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Most of these apps allows users to create a cleaning schedule, create a map of one’s home, skips rooms if needed and much more. Check out a few of the best deals Amazon is currently offering on select robot vacuums below.
    — Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
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skip

2 of 2 verb
  • Uber hasn’t mentioned if users will be able to skip the ads.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 16 June 2023
  • His rivals have skipped right past the open-palm slap and moved right to the sucker punch.
    — Time, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Tom's Oyster Bar is a must, but don't skip any of the spots along the path, on either side of the street.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
  • In short, skip the dress shoes and pack water shoes instead.
    — Erin Johnson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Bruce chooses to skip the puzzle, while Brandon and Drew chose to play.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This one says to skip breakfast and take only five bites of lunch and dinner.
    — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • This winter, skip the crowded cities, and spend your Christmas in one of the South's most charming towns.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Don't skip the foil: The foil over the pan will help the potatoes steam and turn tender and keep the sugar mixture from scorching.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023
  • And possibly skipping over some scenes to get straight to the altar.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • That said, a canopy is not an excuse to skip sunscreen (even the ones that have SPF built into the fabric).
    — Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • But the ball skipped past Jones and rolled all the way to the wall, allowing both runs to score and Refsnyder to get all the way around to third.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
  • Or, skip the picnic and snuggle up on the couch while dreaming of warmer days in a Mediterranean climate.
    — Ellen Fort, Saveur, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Aztecs skip the Laramie trip this season in the Mountain West’s unbalanced schedule.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Prepare to save time and money by skipping the drive-through or coffee shop line.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2023
  • If my lymph nodes were cancer-free, I’d be cleared to skip chemotherapy.
    — Alexis Berger, SELF, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Even if the game is less than a half hour away from the team’s home complex, many regular players skip road games.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • However, this year Leto may have let more than a few people down by skipping the 2024 Met Gala.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
  • But skipping a session ends up being even more painful.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Miguel Cairo was 18-16 at the end of last season after Tony La Russa stepped down for health concerns but was skipped over.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • No one this cycle has set foot on a debate stage, and there’s a decent shot that Trump will skip the first debate on Aug. 23 just to prove his pluck.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 31 July 2023
  • Being able to pack gym gear along with work supplies will leave you zero excuses to skip the gym.
    — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Dozens skipped work to come back to the Statehouse a second time the following week, when the committee voted.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The model skipped the bra, wearing the piece only with a black thong which was visible under the thin sheer fabric.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2023
  • Pence took a subtle dig at Trump, when asked about his decision to skip the interview with Reynolds.
    — Hannah Knowles, Marianne Levine and Dylan Wells, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • More and more skiers are skipping resorts and heading for the backcountry.
    — Josh Laskin, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Breville Barista Express Impress, or skip to the coffee maker deals part of this list.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
  • The movie skips through its years, days, and hours frictionlessly, displaying no points of contact with the public life of the times.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • They are composed of words that glide away from her like skipping stones destined to submerge in some body of water.
    — June Jordan, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Trump is expected to skip the event, the second time he's been absent from an event hosted by Vander Plaats.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Then, just as quickly as the light had gone, the sun began to poke through again and the third graders scooped up their blankets and walked, skipped and cartwheeled back inside their school building.
    — The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2024

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