sievelike
- a word derived from sieve.
Example Sentences
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You place the peeled clove under a sievelike web of holes, then press down with hands on each side, rocking it back and forth.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2020
Her sievelike will had not provided very well for Alice, a lady who needed protection.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oversight was spread among eight, sometimes sievelike, congressional committees.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. command estimates that the jungles along the sievelike frontier harbor as many as four Communist divisions, some sheltered in newly built base areas.
From Time Magazine Archive
My brother’s ragged sweater and sievelike moccasins are the clothes he studies in.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
