How to Use filter in a Sentence

filter

1 of 2 noun

• He placed a red filter on the camera lens.
• She smokes cigarettes with filters.
• Fill the base with water, add ground coffee to the filter, and place over high heat on the stove.
  — Deanna Pai, Peoplemag, 3 Dec. 2023
• Ask a heat-and-air specialist come out to check the unit and filters.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
• The sanitary cap flips open to reveal a straw, where the filter is housed.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
• Hard water can cause scale buildup, which may cause the filter to clog faster.
  — Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2023
• So there was no filter, and the words were just vomiting out.
  — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 20 July 2023
• On the wall-sized screen in front of me, a bubble or two drifts upward through the blue, and light filters in from above.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• Sperm can’t get through the filter, but semen, a liquid, can still pass through.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• The best models work to force water through the pool filter system and push the clean water back into the pool.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
• Who among us doesn't throw a filter on our photos before posting to the grid?
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2024
• There are no photo filters in Retro, at least not yet, and video clips are capped at 60 seconds.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• Dior Nail Glow Think of this like an Instagram filter for your nails.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
• Just keep in mind that some items are only offered online, so the pick-up filter doesn’t apply to the whole site.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2023
• Cons Bits of coffee grounds leaked through the filter and into our coffee.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
• But the filter can also slow the flow rate if it’s not changed, as sediment builds up inside it.
  — Alden Wicker, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
• And the vent itself is powerful with a heavy-duty filter the brand claims will trap more oil and grease.
  — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
• Attach it to another ‘scope (maybe one with a neutral filter on the front) and get to viewing!
  — M. Josh Roberts, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
• The air filter should be checked a few times during the mowing season and cleaned or replaced as needed.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
• Sometimes, though, protein passes through the filters of your kidneys and ends up in your urine.
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
• Its filter can be washed and reused throughout hundreds of batches, while the airtight lid works to keep your brew fresh for up to two weeks.
  — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• These chemicals bind to the charred layer and do not release, kind of like a water filter.
  — Michael W. Crowder, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
• The filter was easy to clean, and the unit includes light indicators to show when the filter and tank need maintenance.
  — Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
• The new feature will be placed along existing search filters for news, images and video.
  — Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2023
• The now viral filter adds wrinkles and even jowls to create an older version of the user’s face.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune Well, 15 July 2023
• While the option to turn off the filter was always available in user settings, many people were not aware Meta made the change.
  — Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
• Younger than 54 but there is definitely a filter on that video.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Aug. 2023
• But then, people have all their social media and their filters.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2024
• If the filters are coming loose from their cardboard or plastic frames, discard them.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• Water passes through the carbon filter before entering the membrane.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024

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filter

2 of 2 verb

• The crowd filtered into the arena.
• Sunlight filtered through the leaves.
• His ideas have filtered down to his children.
• Early election returns have begun to filter in.
• They've begun filtering their water to remove impurities.
• The sun filters through the front windows to grow food at the front, heat the house, and charge the solar batteries.
  — Maria Marabito, Treehugger, 3 July 2023
• Are blue light filtering glasses safe to wear all the time?
  — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2023
• Their noses are shorter and don't filter air quite as well.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• Cooler air begins to filter in behind a cold front with lows in the low to mid-40s.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
• Lastly, the whiskey is non-chill filtered and bottled at cask strength of 128.8 proof.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2023
• The hard water gets filtered through resin in the softener, which then adds in salt ions.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2023
• And could such changes to use fewer balls longer filter down to all players?
  — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The sound of children playing filtered in through the windows; in front of him was the main altar, draped in white cloth.
  — Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Many of these records can be heard near the surface of Nirvana’s music, filtered through a sieve of grungy rage.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023
• Adding native shrubs or trees to filter wind and break sight lines can make a big difference to the function of the space.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 31 Aug. 2023
• It can also be used to unclog pipes or filter out debris that gets stuck along the way.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
• The fish waste is used as nutrients to fertilize the plants, which filter the water to be reused in the fish tank.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
• And as is always the case with Bruichladdich, the whisky is non-chill filtered and no color is added.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
• The moon can appear blue when there are particles in the air that are of the right size (one micron wide) to filter out red light, says NASA.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 28 Aug. 2023
• Each drip of urine felt like a victory — proof that the kidneys were filtering waste the way they were supposed to.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023
• On the morning of Sept. 11, Al-Halabi was at breakfast at Travis when word of the attacks filtered out.
  — Tamara Audi, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• While some people had begun filtering out of the area, it was still packed with fans – who began to flee in fear after the sound of the shots.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• And as people filtered out, Ham turned to assistant coach Chris Jent with an idea.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• It was bottled at cask strength of 44.2 percent ABV and is non-chill filtered with no color added.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
• There was a large window that allowed sunlight to filter in.
  — Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
• The rums are mixed, carbon filtered, and then rested in French oak casks for a smooth rum that's redolent of vanilla and caramel with just a hint of spice.
  — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Deanston Virgin Oak Cask Strength is non-chill filtered and has no color added.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
• In a cool pine forest, our horses pricked their ears and flicked their tails, filtered light strobing the path before us.
  — Catherine Buni, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2023
• As the crowd filtered out, still buzzing, Brad Lea and half a dozen other speakers mobbed Itzler backstage.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• Israel said the coordinates never filtered down to the drone operators who fired the missiles.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024