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Meanings of skirt in English
Synonyms
Examples for "ring"
Examples for "ring"
1
One thing was clear, however; his finances didn't ring true at all.
2
Looking for a quietly sociable way to ring in the new year?
3
He obtained this ring at great cost and, I believe, personal tragedy.
4
You say the ring is dangerous, far more dangerous than I guess.
5
The trafficking ring had been active since at least 2013, police said.
1
But EU rules require border checks with countries outside the common market.
2
The deal would, however, create a customs border down the Irish Sea.
3
However, many uncertainties remain, particularly on the question of the Irish border.
4
But EU rules require border checks with countries outside its single market.
5
The situation at the border is good in general, Hun Sen said.
1
Army surround complex: Security forces and the Algerian army surround the hostage-takers.
2
Six ships surround us, all heading on different routes for different things.
3
Perhaps the most compelling questions of all, however, surround the attackers themselves.
4
Doubts surround the future of some shearing sport competitions in New Zealand.
5
Bank equities remain under pressure, however, with particular tensions surrounding Italian banks.
1
Its conflicts often draw in South Africa, whose central mountains encircle it.
2
Black clouds encircle the horizon; the thunder falls with a deafening noise.
3
The law would not oblige him to encircle her in his arms.
4
We aim to encircle the city and ensure the militias are evicted.
5
Take five men and try to get through before they encircle us.
1
They know full well the perils that environ the man who begs.
2
Those laws environ everything that lives with a mighty network of necessity.
3
You will readily see the dangers which would then environ us.
4
Suffering and death environ me, and overwhelm those nearest and dearest.
5
Does that not speak to us eloquently of the perils which environ us?
Usage of skirt in English
1
A knee-length coat over a longer skirt does not work at all.
2
That has allowed Ford investors to skirt the pain of government oversight.
3
He shrugged; the tartan skirt looked unremarkable, which was the main thing.
4
A statement skirt with a casual top is a simple, modern look.
5
As soon as Aunt Rebecca gets the pleats basted in the skirt.
6
We just come here to talk and you're ruining my friend's skirt.
7
Beneath was a skirt of sea green velvet, heavily trimmed with lace.
8
Your bit of skirt is quite the woman, isn't she? Memphis asked.
9
The suit's short skirt proved one reason Tina Turner had hired her.
10
Others are resorting to bartering goods and services to skirt cash transactions.
11
She'd either not noticed or felt no need to readjust her skirt.
12
She had changed into a skirt far more accommodating of expat tastes.
13
Sybil came in, dressed in a fascinating short skirt and a toque.
14
Still in her skirt and blouse from work, rumpled, hot, running late.
15
The princess was dressed that day in a skirt of white damask.
16
It is the skirt-dancing and the poker work that cannot brook rivalry.
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Canada
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Australia
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United States of America
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