sieve

Example Sentences

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The average American home is about as airtight and well-insulated as a metal sieve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

If you want a silky texture, strain through a fine-mesh sieve.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2025

It’s a kind of medievalism, in other words, that seems to have passed through a sieve of Jane Austen or Emily Brontë; now you can see it in the works of medieval-themed romantasy novels.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

"If you imagine the lungs like a sieve, smoking will break holes in the sieve, so more can get through," says Prof Tregoning.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

After three times through the sieve, the clay was noticeably smoother, with a silky touch as light as feathers.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park