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.
• Haven’t had the chance to sift through them all yet.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• Each new tool adds more signals to sift.
  — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• And there’s ample stuff to sift through.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
• Ajay closes his eyes and sifts through them.
  — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 May 2026
• That means there is a ton of games to sift through and find good bets to place.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
• The not-so-good news is there's a lot of product to sift through.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2022
• With fewer nodes to sift through, the search could be faster at each step.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
• No need to sift through different web pages.
  — PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
• But that can also give recruiters more noise to sift through.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
• Home millers can also purchase screens to sift flour at home.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2020
• Their hands sift dust from food without complaint.
  — Alaa Alqaisi august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
• Dig in the dirt, sift soil between your fingers, make a mud pie.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2021
• 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
• His goal is to use science to sift for gold among all the promises.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
• Good luck trying to sift through those options and make the right choice.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022
• No more guesswork or sifting for clues.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026
• News footage from the scene showed crews sifting through the debris.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 May 2026
• More resumes to sift through that simply aren’t a good fit for the role.
  — Andrew Hunter, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
• 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
• This is your moment to sift through the noise and find the lightning bolt of truth.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
• Lucky for us, this meant a ton of fashion to sift through, and new trends to digest.
  — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
• There’s a chaos to it all—one that only Lee seems to be able to sift through.
  — Doree Shafrir, Marie Claire, 18 Nov. 2019
• 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