plural noun
Etymology
Origin of siftings
Example Sentences
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What remains for the Quennell corps are mostly second siftings, attractively presented, which reinforce the charm of the whole Proust legend.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her monologues were not stunts but acute siftings of men and women as social beings.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then there are those that are amiable siftings through memory's scrapbook, in which the author recounts tales about people and places as if he were holding court over a few beers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus, persons suspected of crime go through three different stages, three siftings, before coming up for trial before the judges of the upper Court—the High Justice of the realm.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de
What a world this is for shiftings and siftings!
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.
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