How to Use skip off in a Sentence

skip off

verb
  • Her first attempt skipped off a pad, and landed right back on her stick.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Pugs fesses up about Slurp and skips off for his punishment.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The attempt skipped off the senior attackman, and rolled harmlessly into the net for his fourth goal.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • The next batter, third baseman Caleb Durbin, hit a single to left that skipped off the glove of left fielder Austin Hays.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Sabbi ran onto a loose ball just outside the 6-yard box and his first-touch shot skipped off the bottom of the crossbar to open the scoring in the 13th minute.
    — ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Espinoza blasted a shot from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box that skipped off the bottom of the crossbar into the net to give Nashville a 1-0 lead.
    — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Ryan worked around a pair of runners in both the fourth and seventh innings, skipping off the mound after getting Drew Romo to swing at a sweeper for strike three to get out of the seventh unscathed.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
  • Jack Healy had tied the game with 47 seconds left in regulation, firing a heavy shot from the neutral zone that skipped off a Rockets defender’s leg into the top corner beyond goalie JT Coyne’s reach.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Bosa pushed Seahawks right tackle Abraham Lucas into Darnold in the pocket, the ball came loose, Bosa pounced on it, and a few minutes later, Purdy skipped off into the visitors’ tunnel with his first win as a $265 million quarterback.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025

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