Large black geese, too heavy it would seem for lofty flight, rose awkwardly from the surface of the waves, and now and again skimmed across the fjords, just clearing the surface of the dark blue waters.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The round-up must have just skimmed the top off this range last spring.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
Once only he had seen her flash a swift glance round the room, then her eyes had not rested on him at all, but skimmed past him like swallows in flight.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard