sieve
Example Sentences
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“The pool is being completely replaced. It leaks like a sieve,” said Stephanie Kingsnorth, principal of the architecture firm Perkins Eastman, addressing about 50 community members in a room next to the park’s visitor center.
From Los Angeles Times
Like most locals, they searched for diamonds by hand - digging pits, hauling out soil and rock, washing it through sieves and carefully sifting through thousands of tiny stones once dried.
From BBC
The average American home is about as airtight and well-insulated as a metal sieve.
Mrs. Clarke dug into each bag with a tin flour scoop and a sieve.
From Literature
“This place leaks like a sieve,” he answered.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
