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.
• 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
• 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
• One downside is the bigger the crowd being sourced, the more data to sift.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
• 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
• The bad news, however, is there are way too many sales to sift through and deals to inspect.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 21 Sep. 2022
• And people whose houses burned want a sense of closure and a chance to sift through the rubble.
  — Kellen Browning, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
• The film sifts through all of this with clear eyes, imagination, and a lack of overt judgment.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
• Currently, some are sifting through the ashes and looking for whatever can be salvaged of their lives.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025
• Here’s what to remember about the science that supports the headlines, with some recommendations for sifting through the news.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Feb 2025