How to Use sift in a Sentence
sift
verb- Sift the lumps from the sugar.
- Sift the flour into a mixing bowl.
- The police sifted for clues.
- The lawyer sifted through the hundreds of pages of testimony.
- The police sifted the evidence in hopes of finding a clue.
- Firefighters sifted through the debris.
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Pour a couple of drams worth and sift through the pages.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022 -
Even then, there’s a lot to sift through there as well.
— Jamila Stewart, Essence, 22 Dec. 2021 -
The not-so-good news is there's a lot of product to sift through.
— John Thompson, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2022 -
Users sift through comments on videos to try to find the next part of the story.
— WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023 -
His photo was one of the many that the star had to sift through and select from.
— Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 10 June 2022 -
No problem, just sift them out and toss them in with the batch that's still in progress.
— Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2021 -
Those who are on the hunt for new pieces to add to the bedroom will have tons to sift through as well.
— Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2022 -
More resumes to sift through that simply aren’t a good fit for the role.
— Andrew Hunter, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021 -
There was some concern that the holes in the sifting tray would become clogged, but that wasn’t the case.
— Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023 -
There will be no time or quiet space to look, sift, think.
— Leanne Shapton, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2021 -
Good luck trying to sift through those options and make the right choice.
— Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022 -
Dig in the dirt, sift soil between your fingers, make a mud pie.
— Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2021 -
One downside is the bigger the crowd being sourced, the more data to sift.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Readers had to sift through 16 paragraphs in a press release to get to the meat of the matter.
— Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The West Branch has a smaller collection for the public to sift through and check out.
— Maddie Browning, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023 -
Best Overall Amazon Deals In a hurry and don’t have time to sift through all the deals?
— Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2023 -
There’s a lot to sift through in the final two possessions.
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022 -
And on others, Poles is going to have a whole list of challenges to sift through.
— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022 -
But that can also give recruiters more noise to sift through.
— Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Thomas was sifting through a box next to the migrant women.
— Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 12 July 2024 -
Adults sift through the dust and rubble for anything worth salvaging.
— Alexander Smith, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024 -
And the bigger the platform, the bigger the need for algorithms to sift and sort content.
— Rachel Metz, CNN, 10 Oct. 2021 -
Meanwhile, restoration crews began sifting through the remains of Heidi’s house.
— Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025 -
Sure, clearance items are a bit overwhelming to sift through, but that section is also home to major markdowns like this textural, rattan dining table that seats up to six.
— Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2025
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