winnowing
- present participle of winnow.
Example Sentences
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Winnowing projections: Five Big Ten teams have already secured a bowl bid this season.
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Winnowing hundreds of replies, they wound up with 24 men and women, ranging in age from 18 to 55, who were overweight or obese and generally inactive.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2021
Winnowing the field would be a welcome development for voters overwhelmed by the more than two dozen Democrats vying for their attention.
From Washington Times • Jul. 29, 2019
Totally unprepared were they For this chaotic mob, Feckless and spine-impaired were they, Winnowing?
From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2016
Lo! how straight up to heaven he holds them reared, Winnowing the air with those eternal plumes, That not like mortal hairs fall off or change.'
From The Harbours of England by Turner, J. M. W.
