How to Use skirting in a Sentence

skirting

noun
  • The flames had melted the skirting of her parents' home and warped a vinyl fence.
    — oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The strapless gown with low wide skirting gives off a mermaid-esque feel.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Tookes wore a yellow dress with crystals flowing in one line down the bodice and pleated skirting.
    — Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
  • Dig those art deco-like scrolls over the wheel arches, fitted with heavy plastic skirting.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 20 June 2019
  • Al Ali touch is his way of capturing details in the skirting portion of gowns.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Parmar finds creative ways, often flouting norms or skirting rules, to fit his patients' needs.
    — Markian Hawryluk, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2021
  • With a flowy skirting and an embroidered bodice with lots of shimmer, to the silk sleeves, all is captivating.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 4 July 2022
  • The clients built the wooden tables in the dining room themselves, and Ralph added custom skirting.
    — Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There is an aesthetic ethics to the skirting of clichés about religious life, one that the show itself subtly comments on.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
  • For most of the drive, FR 300 plays peek-a-boo with the edge of the rim, skirting timber and meadows.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2021
  • The original staircase, which had to be torn down, was reused to create a feature wall, while the skirting boards were repurposed as bar fronts.
    — Vivian Song, Robb Report, 17 July 2022
  • When Drummond ripped off that wooden skirting and made the initial discovery, the pair couldn't help but wonder if there was more to find in the mudroom.
    — Georgie Silvarole, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Yet by skirting and at times ignoring those rules, ride-sharing companies were able to acquire a critical mass of users in a short period of time.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The situation was awkward to say the least, but it was made even more so by the skirting-on-flirting conversation the pair had at the bar as their fiances looked on.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The only difference with the Utes is that there’s no skirting off over other borders on attack, no getting around them, at least not on most occasions.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Choose the lightest or brightest hue for the major wall surfaces, a darker color for the window and door frames, and a third, medium tone for window sashes and skirting boards (the board under the windowsill).
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Victorian details include lofty ceilings, original skirting boards, cornices and ceiling rosettes.
    — Alison Gregor, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017
  • One gown just swam in a sea of mustard yellow, while another, a 50s style dress with an ankle-length hem had lush skirting with tulle covering, and Valli made mermaid style gowns with tulle.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • And the story still seemed fictional, at least until October when Drummond ripped off the rotting, wooden skirting on the home's mudroom and something tumbled out at his feet.
    — Georgie Silvarole, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
  • In general, homeowners are required by their leases to keep up their home exteriors and yards, including the skirting along the bottom of the home designed to keep rodents from nesting underneath.
    — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The store is housed in a colonial-style edifice in Osu, Accra with baroque skirting, antique furniture and walls that evoke the nostalgia of 16th-century frescos.
    — Ken Kweku Nimo, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Three crew members went out in a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RIB), scanning the black water under an ivory moon, skirting icebergs, listening for the beat of the Acousondes.
    — Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Architectural Details From cornices to skirting boards, architectural features are part of the foundation of English style.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In late August, Penner called out the conversative majority’s skirting of public meetings law to hire Smith as the latest example of them railroading the dissenting members.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Rather than a civic celebration of one of the town’s greatest cultural contributions, as the 2016 plan envisioned, the council opted instead for a civic celebration of the misdemeanor crime of up-skirting.
    — Christopher Knight Art Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
  • In reality, Beavan designed and Fletcher built the 40-foot train as three separate sections, hooking onto net-skirting and an exquisite corset, accented with pleated newsprint-paper silk.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The Dominator 3, at its base a Ford F-350, features an armored shell and skirting designed to keep winds from lifting the vehicle; strong windows, equipment for tracking weather data and a hydraulic spike system used to anchor the vehicle to the ground.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025

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