1.   His eyes dropped blatantly downward and she remembered with a start that she was wearing only a flimsy nightdress, barely skimming the tops of her slender thighs.

2.   After standing, there should be enough custard to just skim the top of the bread.

3.   Occasionally skim the top to remove any fat.

4.   Skim the top of the fruit when you remove it from the heat.

5.   Skim the top of the broth to remove fat and impurities.

6.   We grew up with this fear of injuring a crustacean so we skim the top of the sand rather than dig the ball out.

7.   You cannot skim the top.

8.   In the closing seconds, Razov got his head on a corner kick, but the attempt skimmed the top of the crossbar, ending the game.

9.   Four helicopter gunships skimmed tree tops outside Bachi Yurt and rocket and machinegun fire burst out from rebel positions on surrounding hillsides.