How to Use skirt in a Sentence
- They put a protective skirt around the base of the machine.
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The hook eye gets poked through the top of the tube’s head and the hook bend gets hidden in the skirt.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
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These will look great paired with a short skirt or dress.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
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The same multi-color drawstring hung from the top of the skirt’s high-leg slit.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
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The easy-breezy design is soft and stretchy with a rounded V-neck and a swishy A-line skirt.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2023
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Available in a light or dark wash, this style is part skirt, part shorts.
—Natalie Alcala, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
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Her cropped white top was teamed with a long skirt that featured a slit up to her thigh.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
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The self-tie belt is flattering and matches the full-swing skirt.
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
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The large front pocket can hold anything from string lights to your tree skirt.
—Addie Morton, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2023
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The 23-year-old Euphoria star wore a black bra top paired with a see-through skirt.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 May 2023
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In the first slide, the two girls walk the boardwalk in funky, furry boots, micro-length skirts and brimmed hats.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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The gown also had a number of small drapes and ruffles connecting the top to the skirt.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023
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In a Boomerang, Saldaña holds hands with two of her sons and wears a maroon skirt with a black tank top.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
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To finish the look, Z wore sheer black tights under her slim skirt and added a pair of black Louboutins.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2024
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Minimalist chic, yes, though the swishy mini skirt added a dash of fun to the look, too.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 June 2023
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The tiered skirt is light and airy for hot outdoor ceremonies, and the crochet bodice adds a beachy touch.
—Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 18 May 2023
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Paltrow looked sun-kissed and glowy in a midriff-bearing skirt set, with her wavy hair worn down.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 17 July 2023
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Atop a calf-length pencil skirt, the Fenty mogul sported a puffy wrap coat that was cinched at the waist with a belt.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024
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What's more, the skirt of the ensemble also had a matching slit down the middle.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
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Flank: This is the belly area, which produces flank, skirt, and hanger steaks.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
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Complete with ruffle sleeves, the blouse can be tucked into jeans or worn with a skirt.
—Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
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Pair it with a skirt for Saturday night out and with jeans for Sunday brunch.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2023
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The show was held in Manchester and the theme of the designs felt very ‘60s mod with sparkling tweed jackets and skirts, pearls, and stockings.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
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Colorful wooden balls cinch the bra and adorn the skirt, which has layered cutouts on one side.
—Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2023
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Amazon even has kids-sized witch costumes with light-up skirts!
—Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 5 Oct. 2023
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Look great under dresses and skirts, and keeps me warm under jeans.
—Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2023
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For our production of ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ Andi and his twin brother sewed many of the skirts from scratch.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
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The actress, 76, wore a black structured blazer with a full pleated skirt — and her own pair of leather black gloves.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
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Style Shop affordable tennis skirts, maxi dresses, linen pants, and more.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2024
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In another episode, Mr. David casts a cool eye on Paula, an escort who is turned out in the standard trappings of her trade: a bustier, a tiny skirt and fishnet hose.
—Ruth La Ferla, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
- The mayor skirted the issue by saying that a committee was looking into the problem.
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Then head next door to Coogan Farm, with more than 10 miles of trails skirting through fields and forests.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
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On a cloudy day earlier in the week, streaks of dirt appeared to skirt the top of the dome’s surface.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
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The main draw to the outfit was a silky bralette and skirt with several cutouts strategically placed at the midriff and on the legs.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2023
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But the pressure may also tempt him to skirt rules in the same vein of his predecessors.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024
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Jolie used legal means to skirt an obligation to get Pitt’s approval of the deal, the complaint said.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
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Her statement-making pieces consisted of a top and skirt with a pair of brown knee high boots.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2024
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Is there a case for just keeping your head down in the hopes of skirting controversy?
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 16 June 2023
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Webster said the guns skirt federal and state laws and are a growing problem.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
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The Supreme Court at the time skirted whether Trump engaged in insurrection.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
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The crackdown on vendors who use free speech claims to skirt city rules is less clear-cut, officials said.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
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Then on Friday, another system could skirt the area with the chance for some mixed rain or snow.
—Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
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Olive trees skirt the road, but the picking of olives within 110 yards of it on either side is forbidden.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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Even in pitch-blackness, bats can skirt around branches and pluck minuscule insects from the sky.
—Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
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These people are supposed to be brilliant good guys adept at skirting the law.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
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Rounds of light rain will skirt the rest of the Peninsula this morning, but it’s the sea breeze that will really cool off the wider Bay Area today.
—Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2022
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The machine skirted around the low furniture and navigated the space well.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
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Her mother, Trevor’s grandmother, even tried to skirt Garcia’s rules and buy Trevor a smartphone.
—Washington Post, 9 May 2022
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One concern is that drivers will skirt Manhattan’s congestion zone and switch to routes through the South Bronx.
—Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2024
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Wild foods can quietly change lives, one by one, in ways that skirt rather than depend on the consumer economy.
—Gabriel Popkin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
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Furthermore, even if an NDA exists, sometimes the member will try to skirt around the provisions.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
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And yet, Trump’s failure to do the simple thing presents a clear argument against him—one that skirts the actual case itself.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
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Time is money, and that's especially true at theme parks where guests can pay to skirt long lines for attractions.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
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Just as Apple tries to block some of these behaviors, ad companies can find new ways of tracking users that can skirt these rules.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 19 May 2022
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The boats were frequently caught in doldrums and set back by powerful ocean currents skirting the East Coast of the United States.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 9 May 2023
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To many of the utility’s critics, the project is the latest action by the company to skirt rules and increase electricity rates.
—Ivan Penn, New York Times, 31 May 2022
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Amid all this is the percolation of revolutionary talk, which Bologne tries to skirt at first.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
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The payoff is a movie that, more than not, lyrically roams between states of being while skirting the need to explain itself.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
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These jigs are typically skirted and come in a wide range of color choices.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 12 Oct. 2023
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But this moment brings up a pressing question: Why did the first female Coachella headliner from L.A. need to skirt around the traditional hip-hop route to become a superstar?
—Liz Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
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