How to Use sort through in a Sentence

sort through

phrasal verb
Definition of sort throughnext
  • And a lot of movies to sort through to find the right movies.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The charts mostly offer ways to sort through the 70 white balls.
    — Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Already feeling dizzy by the amount of deals to sort through?
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • Random pics…way too much life to sort through on my phone!!
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • So how then, does EWC sort through the chaos of counterfeits?
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
  • Soldiers sorted through the corpses strewn around the grounds—many of them burned and blackened.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps this spin-off is a way for some of the cast to peacefully cut ties and sort through all the bad blood?
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 29 June 2023
  • Nathan then had to sort through years and years of files, clippings, boxes of letters.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • But with over 1,225 entries on Ulta’s sale page, there are a lot of products to sort through to find the best deals.
    — Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 3 July 2024
  • Amazon’s Black Friday is here — and with it thousands of deals to sort through.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • On the genre-bending record, Morris sorts through her divorce and how she's moved on.
    — Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Then, sort through whatever is left in the basket and return it to its home.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Julien’s hired a crew of thirty to sort through everything.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Clean out the garage Carve out some time to sort through boxes and sweep away any dirt that collected over the winter.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Now, one lucky family will have a chance to help Santa sort through all his mail.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Their secondary co-stars had a ton of baggage that needed to be sorted through.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
  • Andres was sorting through the rubble of their home as his two children watched.
    — Becky Worley, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Now the family is sorting through their beloved items and even selling some things on eBay.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
  • The Cowboys are sorting through who their primary left guard will be in 2023.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
  • Tony Janssens, who was to the west of Union Station when the shooting occurred, is still sorting through the shock of the experience.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The supervisors and crew members at the center saved the day by sorting through the bin and locating the white gold ring.
    — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • One worker sorts through the hulking pile all day, wearing heavy duty gloves in case something sharp is caught in the sheets.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
  • The first counter sorted through a box and recorded a number before passing it to the second for a recount.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • There will doubtless be a scramble to sort through the rumors about his current health status.
    — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Your phone will sort through all your footage to find the exact spot where Maya is skateboarding in that specific t-shirt.
    — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The Laws had a system in place: Clayton would pick up the poop and stand at their utility sink, sorting through the aftermath.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • When searching for effective weight-loss advice, there’s so much noise to sort through.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 24 Apr. 2023
  • But with tabs front and center at the top, sorting through the billions of mailing lists I’m subscribed to feels way less overwhelming.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Real questions remain ahead, though, for teams like Denver to sort through.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Their mission was to sort through a three-year backlog of mail — 17 million letters in all — yet to be delivered to American soldiers overseas, to restore morale on the front lines.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024

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