How to Use skin in a Sentence

skin

1 of 2 noun

• These snakes shed their skins once a year.
• Choose makeup that matches your skin tone.
• His boots are made of alligator skin.
• Potato skin is very nutritious.
• Native Americans had many uses for animal skins.
• The Thai bird’s eye chiles should be red and have tight skins.
  — Diep Tran, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• First, the skin is blanched to tighten and set its shape.
  — Condé Nast, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
• The skin protects the flesh and prevents it from sticking to the grill.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2023
• The best cleanser for you will depend on your skin type.
  — Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
• The skin will break down during the cooking process, and blend up well.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
• So far, the project has confirmed 18 books to be bound in human skin.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
• That can make your skin turn purple, blue, green, or even black.
  — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 21 July 2023
• But the mask does so much more than invigorate the skin.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 5 Aug. 2023
• The bugs will pierce your skin and inject saliva into the bite.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 1 Feb. 2024
• The various colors of the peach skins made for a very pretty dessert.
  — Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2023
• Using the towel, and starting from the stem end, gently pull the skin off towards the tip.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• Many of us already use some form of retinoid on our facial skin.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• In rare cases, the infection can spread outside the lungs to places such as the skin, bones, brain and spinal cord.
  — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 1 May 2023
• With the exception of aluminum door skins, carbon-fiber forms the rest of the bodywork.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
• Unlike others, this one didn't feel heavy or look cakey on my skin.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 30 Mar. 2023
• Featuring two types of hyaluronic acids, this serum leaves your skin supple and plump to the touch.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
• How to identify a tick bite Using tweezers, grip the body of the tick firmly and pull straight out of the skin, do not twist the tick.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
• The normally festive romance with the event felt hushed as those with the most skin in the game attempted to side-step the stains along the way.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• These rays are more likely to add to discoloration and wrinkling of your skin.
  — Sarah Klein, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
• Add a viral skin care product from Drunk Elephant, the brand that all of Gen Z is shopping.
  — Blake Bakkila, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2024
• That’s thanks to the phenolic compounds found in apple skins — a.k.a.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
• Lupus can affect many parts of the body, including the joints, skin, brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023
• Symptoms of hay fever include a runny or stuffed nose, itchy eyes, and skin, and sneezing.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
• The skincare brand is renowned for its bio-advanced formulas that span skin, body, and hair care.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
• There’s the cold, the repetitive movement, and the often wet hands, which causes painful skin damage.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024

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skin

2 of 2 verb

• The hunter skinned the rabbit and prepared it for cooking.
• I skinned my knee when I fell.
• As the adage goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
  — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• There are a lot of ways to skin a gator hunt in the Southeast.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2020
• The birds can be skinned rather than plucked and will stay moist in the cooker.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2020
• The whale’s ribs jut out, skin over them as a blanket over knees.
  — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022
• When the butter is hot, add the chicken pieces skin side down and brown.
  — cleveland, 1 June 2020
• To remove the bone, place a thigh skin/skinned side down on a cutting board.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2019
• The skinning blade and gut hook blades are stiff while the fillet blade has a nice flex to it.
  — Matt Foster, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2020
• The only way to truly learn how to skin a deer is, well, to skin a deer.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
• Oh, and too much of a good thing also applies to skin care.
  — Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2021
• One of her guides is a trapper, who teaches her to skin a beaver.
  — Katrina Gulliver, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• To skin each beet, wrap it in a paper towel and give it a gentle squeeze.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2021
• As someone whose main goal is to skin puppies, Cruella De Vil hits the mark for all of the above.
  — Nitya Rao, Seventeen, 11 Aug. 2022
• Once the pan is hot, place the salmon fillets skin side up and cook about 6 minutes, depending on the size of the pieces.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2021
• Place the salmon skinned side down and centered on top of the double layer of plastic wrap.
  — Kara Elder, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2019
• With chicken still skin side down, place skillet in oven and roast—10 mins.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 30 Oct. 2020
• Arrange cod skinned side down in even layer on top of lemon slices.
  — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020
• The Snelsons have already skinned the animal to use the meat.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 Sep. 2019
• Arrange duck legs skin side up in a Dutch oven or a large deep roasting pan.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
• Place the breasts skin side down on grill and cook until golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes.
  — Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• There’s more than one way to skin a cat, this is a new script for defunding the police.
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 28 July 2022
• Beavers are skinned up the belly in what’s called an open style, and pelts can be sold at auction or tanned to keep.
  — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• Then there’s the face and body cleansing oil that leaves skin soft and nourished after one wash.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 30 June 2022
• Larger knives, on the other hand, are best for skinning in one long swipe.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• To easily skin a peach, bring a pot of water to a boil and fill a bowl with ice water.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
• And nobody else seemed as thick skinned as me for attempting such a thing.
  — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• Anti-lift purists can skin five miles up to Eleven’s rustic hut, Le Ruitor.
  — Jen Murphy, Town & Country, 7 Oct. 2022
• At Mammoth, uphill skiers can take a lesson or hire a guide to skin up the mountain.
  — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
• Every week, the archaeologists skinned and cracked open a few of the bones.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 14 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 3 May 2024