sieve
Example Sentences
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The average American home is about as airtight and well-insulated as a metal sieve.
"The cover saved me a lot because after the Russian attack the car looked like a sieve."
From BBC
“This place leaks like a sieve,” he answered.
From Salon
A miracle required when your defence is populated by jittery players and leaks like a sieve.
From BBC
To save the gobies from that fate, scientists and citizen volunteers arrived on Jan. 17 and used giant nets that served as sieves to retrieve the fish that rarely exceed a length of two inches.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
