sifter

Example Sentences

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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

The sifter came from Ikea, and so did my cheap, shiny measuring spoons, and I love those, too.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2017

Putting the compost through a sifter will not increase its potency, but it will create a fine texture, breaking up moist clods and removing unwelcome items such as stones, bones and chunks of wood.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2016

The pantry door opened sifter a while, and his mother came back into the kitchen.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt