Example Sentences

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A 12-person committee of Philharmonic staff, musicians and board members is sifting through candidates.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The SEC already is sifting through social media and message boards for evidence of such efforts, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2021

AstraZeneca, in addition to screening blood from recovered patients and spike-injected mice, is sifting through a massive library of essentially random antibodies created with a method involving viruses called phages.

From Science Magazine • May 5, 2020

The life of an actor is sifting through that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2018

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never beat retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat; Oh! be swift, my soul, to answer him! be jubilant, my feet!

From Hero Tales from American History by Roosevelt, Theodore