sifter

Example Sentences

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Lay your paper heart or other design atop the cake, load up a couple tablespoons of powdered confectioners’ sugar into a sifter or fine-mesh sieve, and let it snow.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

At an MHP grain processing center one hour east of Lviv, a truck filled with freshly harvested rapeseed — tiny, shiny and black — dumped its load into a sifter on a recent day.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

This deeply decadent, fudgy chocolate cake takes just five ingredients and 20 minutes; no sifter, stand mixer, or double boiler in sight.

From Salon • May 27, 2022

For about 10 days, she has used sifter boxes and shovels — left by a friendly stranger — to search for anything left.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2018

Just recently, an official job called trash sifter had been created.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau