Pronunciation of the English word skin.
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1. | The division of humanity into genetic "races" based on skin color is a social construct. A black African may genetically have more in common (excluding skin color) with a white European than with another black African. Furthermore, social attitudes as to which skin colors are "white" or "black" can vary from culture to culture. A "black" person in one society may be a "white" person in another. | |
2. | Near the bed, the composite aluminium robot, with a human shape and with a rubber skin, cleverly painted to resemble human skin, glued to its body, was standing naked. | |
3. | The saying that beauty is but skin deep is but a skin-deep saying. | |
4. | Then the bear ran to her wheelbarrow, threw off her bear's skin, and touched it with the magic wand that the witch had given her. In a moment the skin was changed into an exquisite ball dress woven out of moon-beams, and the wheel-barrow was changed into a carriage drawn by two prancing steeds. | |
5. | Reconcile yourself to life. You're stuck in your own skin, and you can no longer be born in another skin. | |
6. | She washed his back and shoulders for him, and whilst she did so, his skin seemed to her to be so fine and soft that more than once, unobserved by him, she touched herself, doubting which of them had the softer and more delicate skin. | |
7. | In the course of history, many humans have believed that those who did not share their skin color, language, or religion belonged to different "races". The question of which of these factors are relevant in determining the "blood" of an individual is arbitrary and can vary widely depending on the ideology. According to some, "whites" have the same "blood", regardless of language. According to others, those who share the same skin color can have different "bloods" if they speak different languages or belong to different religions. Humans have always tried to find reasons to hate one another, and perhaps will continue to do so until the human race is no more. | |
8. | Shark skin can be used like the skin of other animals. | |
9. | When the body is touched, receptors in the skin send messages to the brain causing the release of chemicals such as endorphins. | |
10. | If it had not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin. |