Example Sentences

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One Scout used her Eagle Scout service project to create ash sifters, which the Scouts donated to fire stations in the Palisades and Altadena to help homeowners find valuables in the rubble.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Amazon provided kits to help prepare for wildfire season — including shovels, rakes, sifters, gloves and masks.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

A broad Choctaw basket collected in  Mississippi resembles the sifters that Naquin’s family used when catching shrimp.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2017

In that instance, the winner was not someone picked by the sifters.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2013

Lina hadn’t thought about it before, but now she wondered about the trash sifters.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau