How to Use skirt in a Sentence

skirt

1 of 2 noun

• The skirt of her coat got caught in the car door.
• They put a protective skirt around the base of the machine.
• She was wearing a short skirt.
• The hook eye gets poked through the top of the tube’s head and the hook bend gets hidden in the skirt.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• These will look great paired with a short skirt or dress.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
• The same multi-color drawstring hung from the top of the skirt’s high-leg slit.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
• The easy-breezy design is soft and stretchy with a rounded V-neck and a swishy A-line skirt.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2023
• Available in a light or dark wash, this style is part skirt, part shorts.
  — Natalie Alcala, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
• Her cropped white top was teamed with a long skirt that featured a slit up to her thigh.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• The self-tie belt is flattering and matches the full-swing skirt.
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
• The large front pocket can hold anything from string lights to your tree skirt.
  — Addie Morton, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2023
• The 23-year-old Euphoria star wore a black bra top paired with a see-through skirt.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 May 2023
• In the first slide, the two girls walk the boardwalk in funky, furry boots, micro-length skirts and brimmed hats.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• The gown also had a number of small drapes and ruffles connecting the top to the skirt.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023
• In a Boomerang, Saldaña holds hands with two of her sons and wears a maroon skirt with a black tank top.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
• To finish the look, Z wore sheer black tights under her slim skirt and added a pair of black Louboutins.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2024
• Minimalist chic, yes, though the swishy mini skirt added a dash of fun to the look, too.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 June 2023
• The tiered skirt is light and airy for hot outdoor ceremonies, and the crochet bodice adds a beachy touch.
  — Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 18 May 2023
• Paltrow looked sun-kissed and glowy in a midriff-bearing skirt set, with her wavy hair worn down.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 17 July 2023
• Atop a calf-length pencil skirt, the Fenty mogul sported a puffy wrap coat that was cinched at the waist with a belt.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024
• What's more, the skirt of the ensemble also had a matching slit down the middle.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
• Flank: This is the belly area, which produces flank, skirt, and hanger steaks.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
• Complete with ruffle sleeves, the blouse can be tucked into jeans or worn with a skirt.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• Pair it with a skirt for Saturday night out and with jeans for Sunday brunch.
  — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2023
• The show was held in Manchester and the theme of the designs felt very ‘60s mod with sparkling tweed jackets and skirts, pearls, and stockings.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
• Colorful wooden balls cinch the bra and adorn the skirt, which has layered cutouts on one side.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2023
• Amazon even has kids-sized witch costumes with light-up skirts!
  — Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 5 Oct. 2023
• Look great under dresses and skirts, and keeps me warm under jeans.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2023
• For our production of ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ Andi and his twin brother sewed many of the skirts from scratch.
  — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
• The actress, 76, wore a black structured blazer with a full pleated skirt — and her own pair of leather black gloves.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024

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skirt

2 of 2 verb

• The road skirts around the lake.
• We skirted around the edge of the city.
• He tried to skirt around the question.
• Pine trees skirt the northern edge of the pond.
• They tried to skirt the new regulations.
• The mayor skirted the issue by saying that a committee was looking into the problem.
• Then head next door to Coogan Farm, with more than 10 miles of trails skirting through fields and forests.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• On a cloudy day earlier in the week, streaks of dirt appeared to skirt the top of the dome’s surface.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• The main draw to the outfit was a silky bralette and skirt with several cutouts strategically placed at the midriff and on the legs.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2023
• But the pressure may also tempt him to skirt rules in the same vein of his predecessors.
  — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024
• Jolie used legal means to skirt an obligation to get Pitt’s approval of the deal, the complaint said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• Her statement-making pieces consisted of a top and skirt with a pair of brown knee high boots.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2024
• Is there a case for just keeping your head down in the hopes of skirting controversy?
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• Webster said the guns skirt federal and state laws and are a growing problem.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• The Supreme Court at the time skirted whether Trump engaged in insurrection.
  — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
• The crackdown on vendors who use free speech claims to skirt city rules is less clear-cut, officials said.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
• Then on Friday, another system could skirt the area with the chance for some mixed rain or snow.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
• Olive trees skirt the road, but the picking of olives within 110 yards of it on either side is forbidden.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• Even in pitch-blackness, bats can skirt around branches and pluck minuscule insects from the sky.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
• These people are supposed to be brilliant good guys adept at skirting the law.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
• Rounds of light rain will skirt the rest of the Peninsula this morning, but it’s the sea breeze that will really cool off the wider Bay Area today.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2022
• The machine skirted around the low furniture and navigated the space well.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
• Her mother, Trevor’s grandmother, even tried to skirt Garcia’s rules and buy Trevor a smartphone.
  — Washington Post, 9 May 2022
• One concern is that drivers will skirt Manhattan’s congestion zone and switch to routes through the South Bronx.
  — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2024
• Wild foods can quietly change lives, one by one, in ways that skirt rather than depend on the consumer economy.
  — Gabriel Popkin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
• Furthermore, even if an NDA exists, sometimes the member will try to skirt around the provisions.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• And yet, Trump’s failure to do the simple thing presents a clear argument against him—one that skirts the actual case itself.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
• Time is money, and that's especially true at theme parks where guests can pay to skirt long lines for attractions.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
• Just as Apple tries to block some of these behaviors, ad companies can find new ways of tracking users that can skirt these rules.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 May 2022
• The boats were frequently caught in doldrums and set back by powerful ocean currents skirting the East Coast of the United States.
  — Porter Fox, New York Times, 9 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024