Which preposition to use with skim

over Occurrences 47%

As lightly as a fairy the hydroplane skimmed over the water; then went soaring in the air.

along Occurrences 24%

Two or three times I made up my mind that I was a goner, as the water piled up around me along over the falls; but somehow our very speed made our boat glance upward at such times, and skim along the surface like a duck.

off Occurrences 23%

Skim off the fat; heat and mix with flour until brown; let boil.

through Occurrences 13%

He skimmed through several picture-papers that were lying about, and then took up a novel.

across Occurrences 12%

Then with powerful strokes the rowers sent the boat skimming across the water toward Duke Town.

in Occurrences 6%

Let his be the eagle's flight towards the sun, and theirs to skim in darkness along the ground, like the course of the mousing owl.

above Occurrences 5%

It is a sign when there begin to be hawks skimming above the sage that the little people are going about their business.

out Occurrences 5%

Skim out the fruit, and into the boiling juice stir a scant cup of granulated wheat flour previously rubbed to a paste with a little cold water; cook fifteen or twenty minutes, pour over the fruit, and serve cold with cream sauce.

down Occurrences 4%

"That is the last we shall see of him," The grizzled captain grinned, As the little man skimmed down the hill, Like a swallow down the wind.

about Occurrences 4%

She was of a type common enough on the high seas, except that a step for a mast showed that she had presumably been used for skimming about open shores.

of Occurrences 4%

The days are shortening with frightful rapidity, and the great bay was actually covered with a skim of ice this very morning.

like Occurrences 4%

She remembered the car flying up the ascents, swooping down long slopes and skimming like a bird across the levels, that morning when she had driven it.

on Occurrences 3%

But the dark-eyed beauty in the automobile had given a quick order to the chauffeur, and the car skimmed on down the road.

past Occurrences 3%

Consequently, Frank was able to veer aside and skim past the dangerous obstruction without coming a "cropper" in the ditch.

with Occurrences 2%

There was snow on the ground and the little pools were skimmed with ice.

around Occurrences 2%

"I don't know why it is, but the present generation has a marvelous way of skimming around any kind of work with their hands, They'll work their brains till they haven't got any more backbone than a caterpillar, but as for manual labor, it's old-timey and out of fashion.

beneath Occurrences 2%

He skimmed beneath the green waters; he floated on the rolling wave-tips; he trod water; he turned heels over head in the emerald depths; and thus, gamboling like an Infant Triton, he passed out beyond the breakers.

for Occurrences 2%

After lying awake half the night thinking it over, he arose this morning with the firm intention of competing with Skim for the village laurels.

from Occurrences 2%

"Cream skimmed from different milkings, if churned at the same time in one churn, should be mixed eight to ten hours before churning; then the cream will all come alike.

during Occurrences 1%

The cook must not neglect to skim during the whole process, though by far the greater part of the scum rises at first.

by Occurrences 1%

The little birds went skimming by us, as we sailed, their breasts upon the water, and we could see the gunners creeping through the marshes beside them.

between Occurrences 1%

Stiffened to ice, I waited for Dan to rise; the other craft, the Follow, skimmed between us, and one man managing her that she shouldn't heel, the rest drew Dan in,it's not the depth of two foot there,tacked about, and after a minute came along-side, seized our painter, and dropped him gently into his own boat.

at Occurrences 1%

Here one would say is the cream risen to the surface of a full mind and skimmed at one taking.

towards Occurrences 1%

So, as the sun sinks, you pass back from the peace of the Mother Pilgrim's grave to the noise of the holiday-making crowd; and turning homewards you hear above you the message of the green parrakeets skimming towards the tomb "like a flight of emerald arrows stolen from the golden quiver of the Twilight.

under Occurrences 1%

Dowagers as plenty as flounders inhabit all around, and Pope's ghost is just now skimming under my window by a most poetical moonlight.

Which preposition to use with  skim