How To Use Sift In A Sentence

And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack. Wired Top Stories
Stir in the sifted flour and cocoa powder. Times, Sunday Times
The interesting element of the game was that it required one to evaluate not films but people; that is, to sift through the prejudices of one’s movie-freak friends and the peccadilloes and quirks of the major reviewers, and by graphing, as it were, what each could be expected to overpraise, underpraise, revile, not notice, or deliberately ignore, one could acquire a very nice sense of the film. Film flam
Sifting through the reports logged in the last couple of weeks, he came across a tale that had previously gone unread. EVERVILLE
The discovery was made by accountants sifting through the remains of the Maxwell business empire.

Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
Its massive back pushed up against the ceiling; the wooden timbers groaned and dust sifted down, making Rafe cough.
A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. George Eliot
At auction, cherished memories are trashed as treasured possessions are sifted and ascribed their price in the name of the bottom line.
These figures suggest that the sift did not discriminate against people on the basis of which university they had attended.
Finally 100 grams of whiting, dry and sifted, are mixed with 5 grams of pulverised supertartrate of potass; this new powder is dissolved in a portion of the above described liquid, in sufficient quantity to form a paste of the proper consistency to be spread with a pencil on the article or part to be gilded. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets
Sift the cornflour and cocoa powder together, then gently fold into the egg whites with the vinegar until combined. Times, Sunday Times
Continue sifting until all of the clumps from the fragrance are worked into the powder and it is free-flowing. Anti-Talc - Day Two - Fragrance and Color
The few light, dry siftings that did produced little buildup on the frozen ground, except in hollows and depressions, and sometimes not even there. The Plains of Passage
The food was a mixture of commercial tropical fish food, commercial guinea pig chow, freeze-dried tubifex worms, finely sifted silt, and puppy vitamins.
Whip the cream until it just holds its shape and then stir in the sugar and sift in the cocoa.
Personalized Web-based dashboards let a leader get a snapshot of internal and external information rather than having to sift through masses of material.
Sift the flour, mixed spice, nutmeg and baking powder together.
Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cream of tartar and salt into a bowl.
Add vanilla to milk. Sift salt, baking soda and flour together.
Peace, ye Patriots, nevertheless; and let that tocsin cease: the Debate is not finished, nor the Report accepted; but Brissot, Isnard and the Mountain will sift it, and resift it, perhaps for some three weeks longer. The French Revolution
Sift in the flour and salt and use a spatula to gently combine. Times, Sunday Times
After sifting through a mountain of words, the author has settled on 1,500 meanings that reflect the ever-changing world of lexicography.
Genuine conservation means sifting through evidence, weighing options and reaching consensus. Times, Sunday Times
Bundt cakes are so pretty, they don't need more than a sift of powdered sugar or a drizzle of simple syrup.
All they can do is sift through the evidence looking for clues to something that happened 110,000 years ago. The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
I spent the morning working on the new book of poems, selecting, sifting and sorting pieces for inclusion.
I then sifted together powdered sugar and a cautious amount of cocoa.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt on to wax paper. Beat remaining butter or margarine until soft in large bowl.
The little spirit began to sift through my memories of Phoebe again.
I'm having the most enormous fun sifting through the mound of accumulated poems and haiku, bringing order and accord where there was none.
Investigators are sifting through evidence teased from computer software seized at the properties. Times, Sunday Times
It would be easier for us to not have to sift through the caveats and restrictions on every sale and rebate, and apparently it would be better for you, too.
More silence followed, more sand sifted through my fingers.
· The need to 'sift' the materials coming from China to screen out the bad while encouraging the high end manufacturers that produce superior quality ingredients. NutraIngredients-USA RSS
England have good news and wreckage to sift in almost equal measure. Times, Sunday Times
Coarse, clean sand and small sifted cinders placed round the bulbs should ward off attacks.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a mixing basin. Times, Sunday Times
Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl.
When you look at it, sift the evidence rather than merely recite the slogans, the evidence is patchy. Times, Sunday Times
When ready to serve, sift confectioners' sugar on top and slice like a pie.
I spent most of the night rummaging through desk drawers and sifting through filing cabinets.
Earlier in the day, light siftings of snow had drifted down and melted in the open sunny spaces, but some had accumulated in the shady nooks, forecasting the possibility of a cold night, and heavier snows to come. The Plains of Passage
Having sifted through the estate agents' details, arrange appointments to view as many properties as possible.
Add the sifted flour and lightly beaten eggs in alternate spoonfuls, mixing well.
Sift the cornstarch on to a plate.
But we might remember too that the litter and discard which accompany decay are interesting in their heterogeneity: juxtapositions of fibula and quernstone, gold ring and ox scapula in sifting through the cultural rubbish tip.
Add l lemon rind, sugar, eggs and mix. Fold in sifted flour and strawberries.
He sifted the relevant data from the rest.
Volunteers dump out bucket traps and sift the lepidopteran from the many other kinds of bugs.
Having sifted through the estate agents' details, arrange appointments to view as many properties as possible.
At the school, steps have been taken to ease the difficulty in understanding the educationese that board members and others often have to sift through.
Sift the icing sugar over the crumbs. Times, Sunday Times
Trenchere lovis, 14/197; p. 84; 154/35; p. 157; loaves of coarse unsifted meal; the panter to bring in three, 200/667. Early English Meals and Manners
I don't sift dry ingredients (cocoa powder, flour and baking powder), although it is of course up to you.
After the first roll, the leaf is sifted (kutcha sifting) and the fine leaves (about 20%) are taken out. Darjeeling Tea Processing - The process of Darjeeling Tea manufacture
Let stand while preparing cake batter. Sift flour, baking powder and salt on to wax paper.
Three rivers flowed into the city, their waters sifting through the canal system before reaching the lake.
As much as you can, let the tension sift from your muscles like grains of sand.
I'm fed up with constantly finding you in the hallway sifting through the letters.
The office sifts the papers coming into the department and decides most of which papers and delegations the minister should see.
Crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the aircraft.
Coal dust sifts through her hair, invading eyes, nose, and mouth.
Perhaps she hopes to halve the processing time it currently takes to sift through the various minerals she must analyze, or perhaps she needs a younger version to 'aimlessly' crawl toward that Army weapons depot, blinking her 'eyes' in rapid succession at key strategic weak spots without arousing suspicion. Gawker
When you look at it, sift the evidence rather than merely recite the slogans, the evidence is patchy. Times, Sunday Times
Sift the flour into a large bowl. Times, Sunday Times
Certainly, this "storytelling" is embedded in the investigation that drives the plot: Finlay sifts through the "facts" to find the "truth. Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
Her team of researchers created a computer programme which reads through some 13 online news sites and sifts through them to make composite stories on different subjects.
Meanwhile, even going on tonight, police are, kind of cordoned off a section of the landfill where the trash from Saturday morning, the day of the morning after Robert disappeared has been held, and they haven ` t really sifted through that yet, but they ` re keeping it there to the case. CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2009
We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff.
We will sift every scrap of evidence.
Only occasional flakes came haphazardly down like white sifts of charred paper when a chimney is on fire.
Sift the flour, then fold the flour and spice into the egg and honey mixture.
When the cake is cooked, sift some icing sugar over the top of it.
He was in Europe preparing for the Commonwealth Games and I was at home sifting and sorting through his personal belongings and boxing them up.
Having retired from the school last summer, he is now beginning the laborious process of sifting through his enormous archive and is writing a history of the period.
Research for the book required long days spent sifting through archives. Times, Sunday Times
After the raw materials have been ground, sifted, dampened, kneaded and formed into clay figures, another step in the process is added: decorative paint from cooked anil. The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction
Sift the flour into a bowl, rub the butter in until it looks like fine bread crumbs and add the oatmeal.
As local residents and officials sifted through the wreckage there were conflicting reports about the precise number of dead and wounded. Times, Sunday Times
Coarse, clean sand and small sifted cinders placed round the bulbs will also ward off attacks.
As I sifted between lines for funnel cakes and frybread, I watched an elderly man in an ornate headdress polish off a Frito pie with a big smile on his face. Ryan Schwartz: Tribal Celebrations Stir the Senses
Police are sifting through the evidence in the hope of finding more clues.
'We're sifting through a forest of radio transmissions,' said Rubeo, giving the latest update. DALE BROWN'S DREAMLAND (5) STRIKE ZONE
Ben knelt a bit unsteadily, letting the loose dirt sift through his fingers.
Some cute things that you used to have to actually go in person to kind of sift through and figure out. CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2005
Garbage pail can be loosely translated as the kitchen sink, or one could read the name to mean literal siftings from the garbage pail. The Rules of Recipe Attraction
Police are sifting through the evidence in the hope of finding more clues.
The object is to gather enough evidence and sift through all the forensics information needed to write an acceptable arrest warrant.
As we sifted through the wreckage, I came across the charred but legible number plate - it was Polish!
Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl.
She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out from the pile anything that looked interesting.
Candy dragged me into Wet Seal, where she began sifting through a pile of flippy skirts to find her size (a size one).
Sift together flour and remaining spices into a bowl. Times, Sunday Times
Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. The Sun
In the rainbow, raindrops do the sifting systematically; each band is part of a progression through the visible spectrum, from red to violet.
There is a process of sifting and screening among MPs and frontbenchers which provides an informal shortlist of possible leaders.
Consultants will now sift through them before publishing a shortlist of solutions. Times, Sunday Times
The project would involve creating a huge artificial lake and sifting out the mineral.
Facing these two challenges head on, he has done a first rate job of sifting through a huge mass of material and making sense of it.
Sift dry ingredients together and set aside. Put milk and butter in a pan on stove over low heat.
The soldiers sifted through the woods
Researchers have now begun to sift these variants for links to disease. Times, Sunday Times
~BREAKFAST ROLLS~ -- Sift a quart of flour and stir into it a saltspoonful of sugar, a cup of warm milk, two tablespoonfuls of melted shortening and two beaten eggs. Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc.
Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a large bowl. 2.
Carefully fold in the flour sifted with the arrowroot.
Computers are being used to sift the information.
Sifting through such a volume of applications can become very time consuming and expensive, and employers continue to turn to automated sifting tools such as psychometric tests to whittle down numbers prior to a face to face assessment. Onrec
Introduced on March 25, 1869, were ice cream, pie, pudding, and waffle knives; berry, egg, ice cream, nut, and, preserve spoons; large and small sugar sifters; a cream ladle, and a nutpick.
Then sift in the flour and mix. Times, Sunday Times
Stir in one dessert spoon sifted icing sugar. Times, Sunday Times
I assemble the plastic pouch and tube, then sift through the instructions. Times, Sunday Times
Although there have been tentative steps to introduce an online shadchan service, Sirota handwrites all her notes, and sifts information and evaluates possible connections in her head. The Guardian World News
He made a mental note of the byline above the Globe articles, Frank Dougherty, then sifted through the newspaper photographs.
Measure out 250 grams of flour and sift it into a large mixing bowl.
When they browse they move upwind, carefully sniffing and sifting the air for danger, their sharp-sighted eyes constantly on the alert.
Put some confectioners' sugar in a tea stainer and sift enough over the top of the cake to evenly cover it with a fine dusting. Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
Sift in the flour, baking powder, ground cloves and salt and fold through with a large metal spoon. The Sun
Inside the globe is a sturdy, heavy duty filter that sifts litter from waste as the globe rotates. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1008
Genuine conservation means sifting through evidence, weighing options and reaching consensus. Times, Sunday Times
His grandfather sifted gold from pans during Alaska's gold rush of 1896.
Instead of being directly involved, radical supporters were diverted into the groups where their thoughts could be sifted and selected at will.
I have traded insults with the arrogant warriors of Sarmatia and sifted rumors of the distant hun. Hadrian's Wall.html
An expert judging panel have sifted through the nominations and drawn up a shortlist of four teams. Times, Sunday Times
Sift together the flour and cocoa and add half to the batter. Times, Sunday Times
When hunting, they crawl on their outspread pectoral fins and sift through the sand.
Sift the flour into the bowl of a blender. Times, Sunday Times
Police are sifting through the evidence in the hope of finding more clues.
Sift in the flour, cornflour and ginger, blend briefly until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
Together the pair will sift through drawers, cupboards and storage places in a bid to turn your old junk, clutter and rubbish in hard cash for something special.
Time could not be wasted on pedantic evidence sifting. Times, Sunday Times
Tristyn picked up the pile and began to sift through the letters one by one, setting the bills in one pile for her next call with her mother, her mother's personal mail and her own.
And we have to, you know, kind of sift through the information. CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2005
Sift the flour and cocoa powder into the bowl. Times, Sunday Times
Archie was thinking he ought to be relieved to get the job of making a retro photomap off his plate, considering he’d have his hands full tackling one problem at a time, among them sifting through mountains of electronic log-in data for Doc Ray’s inside-out Flash Ink user-tracking quest. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep
A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. George Eliot
They agreed that they must seal off this inner courtyard and all within it, and sift through the trapped folk.
Add a few drops of water or a sift of flour as needed to get the desired texture.
She turned to her paper work and began to sift through the information, taking notes and reminding herself to talk to Nathan about certain things.
We sifted through the application forms to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Investigators are sifting through evidence teased from computer software seized at the properties. Times, Sunday Times
Sand sifted away to reveal broad but stumpy arms and stocky legs. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
They agreed that they must seal off this inner courtyard and all within it, and sift through the trapped folk.
HANSEN: And people knowing about your accident will tend to kind of sift through your next project to find out ` Where do we find these nuggets of his own experience in here? ' Mark Knopfler, Discovering 'Shangri-La'
Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a large bowl. 2.
And when Elizabeti tries to sift the rocks out of the rice, Obedi slaps at the basket and spills some of the rice on the ground.
He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers.
To make the basic suet pastry, sift the flour, baking powder and salt together, then rub in the suet.
Sift the remaining flour and cornflour into a bowl along with the lemon zest. The Sun
It's intricate, emotional, cerebral, funny, satirical, worldly, and will have you sifting through your reference books with glee.
Sift the strong plain flour into a warm mixing bowl.
Sarah's yellow summer dress blew against her long, tanned legs as she sifted through a flower pot half-filled with gravel. The Probability of Him
Sift the flour with a pinch of salt, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and set aside.
Snow was sifting down at Tiffindell ski resort near Rhodes yesterday morning, adding to over 25 cm which had fallen since Friday.
Ayla lay awake under the starlit sky, staring up at the patterns of constellations and listening to the night sounds: the wind sifting through the trees, the soft liquid running of the river, the chirk of crickets, the harsh harumph of a bullfrog. The Plains of Passage
Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Times, Sunday Times
Greg steps forwards and begins to sift through the clothes.
As he sifts through the works of scientists, naturalists, composers and poets, Rothenberg performs intellectual contortions in an attempt to assemble or establish a unified theory of why birds sing.
Inside the courthouse, "landmen" - specialists in the often arcane art of tracking down mineral rights - sift through fading paper records to see who has the claim to what lies beneath the surrounding prairies.
The answer must be no, but again the impression of profound thought and relentless sifting of the ideas can only inspire respect.
For months I sifted through the evidence to try to discover who had denounced him. Times, Sunday Times
While sifting through piles of my digital life last week, I stumbled across my installation floppies for Netscape Navigator from 1995.
To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add enough lemon juice to make a smooth paste that will coat the back of a spoon.
Sift the baking powder on top of it. Asthma and Eczema - special diet cookbook
Caleb sat down beside her and began sifting the sand through his fingers.
However, I'm finding it difficult to sift through the criticism that West is "preoccupied" with "pansexualism". David L. Schindler criticizes Christopher West's work with TOTB
Realizing her mistake, she began to sift through the ashes once more
Put the flour through a sieve to sift out the lumps.
He had sifted some larger pebbles from the sand and was throwing them absently at the dike of drift and kelp.
I., resident, as he sifted through a group of dead herring and scat on East Matunuck Beach.
He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers.
And cops are sifting through 300 tons of rubbish. The Sun
Gemini awoke the next morning, not to her father prodding her in the side, but to a warm breeze sifting in through her window and the hot summer sun falling across her face.
I poured myself some orange juice as Aurora began to sift through the cupboards for pancake mix.
Have a sift through and leave a comment to tell me what you think, particularly if you come across any bugs of any sort.
Whisk the egg in a shallow cereal bowl and sift the flour into a second bowl. Times, Sunday Times
Within hours the artist was detained as a suspected 'bioterrorist' as dozens of agents in hazmat suits sifted through his work and impounded his computers, manuscripts, books, his cat, and even his wife's body. GreenCine Daily: Sundance. Strange Culture.
Sift through the replies you receive. Times, Sunday Times
I began sifting through the mass of evidence.
At any rate, it took quite some time to dig out the weeds and sift out the roots and begin grading.
After developing the film he then sifts through the stills and waits to see which ones stir memories of powerful emotions.
Powers sifts psychological and historical evidence in a suggestive but inconclusive search for convincing connections.
Sift the flour and salt together and resift into the butter mixture. Firedoglake » Pull Up a Chair…
Sift the flour into a bowl with a pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
The fact that Americans would consider bringing back the party that nearly caused our downfall is incredulously stupid. sifto77 Obama says now is time for Dems to get focused midterms
Giant lighting rigs have now been set up to help those sifting through the rubble, but amongst the twisted metal of the bombed carriages many are still using torchlight.
I watch her sifting plaster of Paris through her fingers as she sprinkles it slowly onto limp water.
Crex rugs were lighter than conventional, woven rugs, easy to clean (dirt simply sifted through), and cheaper.
But for reviewers, having to sift through mountains of published works attempting to find something worthy of praise can also be a soul-destroying task.
The secret of this appears to lie in sifting out what is most idiomatic or characteristic of a man, purging and depurating this of all that is uncharacteristic, and then presenting the former unmixed and free, the man of the man. Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters
Police experts are sifting all the evidence with a fine - tooth comb .
Join together and sift icing sugar over the top.
It seemed to him it was all-white, flaxy sheets of linen, or sifted snow a-falling that he saw there through a rift in the mist. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge
Turning away from the screen, he sifted through the pile of loose-leaf binders. The Omega Theory
Sift in the flour and whisk again to mix. Times, Sunday Times
She sprayed a gentle mist of elegant perfume, one dash on her neck, another sifting onto her cascading hair, and another for her wrists.
Police experts are sifting all the evidence with a fine - tooth comb .
The telescopes sift through the background cosmic radiation to find spots where it has been slightly perturbed as it passes through extremely hot gas, a hallmark characteristic of galaxy clusters.
Sift flour into a large bowl and add the teaspoon of cinnamon.

How To Use Sift In A Sentence

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