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Meanings of skirt (skirts) in English
Usage of skirts in English
1
Every news cycle tells the other story: women's short skirts distract men.
2
Unuttered, it caught the skirts of the Idea: it evaporated when spoken.
3
Crying children clung to their mothers' skirts, but no one looked defiant.
4
They seemed caricatures of humanity; scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts.
5
Their short skirts, risqué dance moves and showbiz make-up are political enough.
6
Sorcha stepped forward so the edge of her skirts touched the water.
7
We covered our hides in those days; no tight skirts like now.
8
It appears there's more money in homebrand cereals than Forever 21's skirts.
9
You can be stuck in an area that skirts several fan-base boundaries.
10
Presently a lamp was lit; and Duane heard the swish of skirts.
11
Here and there the road skirts the deeply-ravined valley of the Medjerda.
12
The waist belt enforces the evils which the corset and skirts inaugurate.
13
The girl gathered up her white skirts and her flowers in haste.
14
The sound of it was like the soft drawing of silken skirts.
15
Now, her skirts flared behind her as she ran to her house.
16
There was suddenly the murmur of voices and the trailing of skirts.
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Skirts through the time
Skirts across language varieties
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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