There were three barrels in the water now, and they skated across the surface.

She had never sailed a small boat in this way, literally skating across the water.

It skated across the space in the doorway to the right, then back to the left.

They skate quickly across the surface and subdue their prey.

I looked out my window at clouds skating across the sky and thought of time going by.

Best exemplified in his own words as, "the football player skates across the battlefield."

He who skated across the surface of life, never getting involved, always standing back to observe from a distance.

Water spiders skated across the surface of the river, black molecular dancers.

The recoil sent him skating back across the lobby, swearing, but he got a couple.

Now then: skate that little shooter of yours across the floor.