sifter

Example Sentences

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Using a sifter, sprinkle two cups of powdered sugar onto the coated cereal and mix once again.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

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

Using a sifter or fine-mesh strainer, sift the flour over the bowl and whisk until almost smooth; a few small lumps are okay.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2022

Other years, jobs like Pipeworks laborer, trash sifter, and mold scraper were mixed in.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau