After months of unemployment, his savings were a skin of the teeth, barely covering one month's rent.

She wrapped the fragile hare-skin around her shoulders to keep warm on the cold morning.

The conservator examined the fragile goldbeater's skin used in the restoration of the illuminated manuscript.

The tanner refused the shipment because the skin wool smelled of decay.

During warm-ups, she decided to skin the cat on the rings to work on her shoulder mobility.

Labeling him a waste of skin in front of everyone only made the situation worse.

Before the steep ascent, I fitted a ski skin to the underside of my skis to improve grip.

She adjusted the climbing skin to ensure a secure grip during the ascent.

Early that morning, he skin-dove along the coral reef to snap close-ups of the fish.

Every summer, the guide skin-dives off the coral ledge to retrieve the lost camera.