Get to know Skirted better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Skirted meaning
- Wearing a skirt.
- Having a skirt.
- Bordered.
Using Skirted
- The main meaning on this page is: Wearing a skirt. | Having a skirt. | Bordered.
- In the example corpus, skirted often appears in combinations such as: skirted the, skirted around, has skirted.
Context around Skirted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skirted
- In this selection, "skirted" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, initially, protesters, full, real, criminal and accountability stand out and add context to how "skirted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pitch skirted right end and and full skirted designs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skirted" sits close to words such as acolytes, acv and afolabi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skirted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So they essentially just skirted accountability. (6 words)
The skirted slipcover is removable, making it easy to clean. (10 words)
Civic leaders then skirted around the question of when, or whether, it would return. (14 words)
Ms McBain did not name Mr Barilaro and skirted a question about his absence from the electorate during the early phase of the bushfires, when he was on holiday in Europe, but Labor tacticians are preparing to exploit the issue. (40 words)
But not to take her own advice, Birx reportedly skirted covid-19 safety protocols over Thanksgiving, retreating to one of her vacation homes in Delaware and holing up with her husband, daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. (37 words)
Expansive new powers were granted to the government to fight this worldwide war, while old rules and regulations that were supposedly anachronistic and in the way of the fight against terrorism were eliminated — or illegally skirted. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
But a lot of the lawyerly pushback here skirted real concerns about DoNotPay’s proposed execution and dumped on the idea that a defendant might use an automated aide at all.
He initially skirted criminal charges, but Luna was granted a temporary stalking injunction against him shortly after his alleged threats were made public.
Or they may have skirted around a car double parked in a bike or vehicle travel lane, hazards flashing, rather than waiting for a spot to appear.
Police blocked roads leading to the regional mayor’s office, but protesters skirted the barricades and set up a yurt in the city square.
So they essentially just skirted accountability.
The United States is vying for an unprecedented third consecutive World Cup title but skirted into the knockout round with only one win in group play.
As for Retzlaff, he skirted around the question of whether he thinks there’s value in naming a starter soon.
One of his signature styles became known as the “New Look”, which featured a nipped-in waist and full skirted designs.
The skirted slipcover is removable, making it easy to clean.
As explained below, in conducting the Hilo Sweep, the County skirted the mandates of both the U.S. and Hawaiʻi constitutions and state law.
But not to take her own advice, Birx reportedly skirted covid-19 safety protocols over Thanksgiving, retreating to one of her vacation homes in Delaware and holing up with her husband, daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren.
But when the report was released Friday, investigators skirted direct answers and statements of fact, and ultimately failed to settle some of the basic questions about Silicon Valley’s responsibility for nurturing Epstein.
Civic leaders then skirted around the question of when, or whether, it would return.
He skirted the conditions of his escape but tackled most questions during a news conference that lasted more than two hours.
Instead of barging through the Bears’ line, he took a pitch, skirted right end, and raced all the way to the end zone.
Less so once it became clear they had skirted coronavirus protections, but latitude nonetheless.
Ms McBain did not name Mr Barilaro and skirted a question about his absence from the electorate during the early phase of the bushfires, when he was on holiday in Europe, but Labor tacticians are preparing to exploit the issue.
She has skirted the line of realism and abstraction for five or six years.
Asked by Charles Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard University and master of ceremonies of the event, about her favorite piece of writing, Miss West laughed, skirted the question and said, “I don’t know.
Expansive new powers were granted to the government to fight this worldwide war, while old rules and regulations that were supposedly anachronistic and in the way of the fight against terrorism were eliminated — or illegally skirted.
Common combinations with skirted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- skirted the 8×
- skirted around 5×
- has skirted 4×
- have skirted 3×
- he skirted 3×