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Definition of sifting in English: siftingnounˈsɪftɪŋˈsɪftɪŋ 1mass noun The action of sifting something. the laborious sifting of evidence took its toll Example sentencesExamples - When he and his associates make a very embarrassing mistake in their sifting of the facts, it drives a wedge between them and the people they're trying to help.
- The impression of profound thought and relentless sifting of the ideas can only inspire respect.
- A cardholder, aware of the delay in the sifting of information by the computer centre, withdraws excessive amounts by relying on a balance he knows to be out of date.
- Admittedly, it may be the invisible hand that is doing much of the sifting.
- Will two centuries of sifting really leave La Dolce Vita, Raging Bull, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Sweeney Todd on the same scrapheap as the works of Thackeray?
- He analyses truth as complex and many-angled, scattered in the fallen world, to be recovered by sifting and debate.
- The winnowed wheat is washed and then carried to the mill for grinding and sifting by two horizontal waterwheels underneath.
- The brunt of sifting takes place during implementation.
- Centuries of the most diligent sifting have not produced a play or any part of a play in his own hand.
- The paper praised him for his "continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found."
- 1.1count noun An amount of sifted material.
a fine sifting of plaster dust powdered the floor Example sentencesExamples - For a stucco wall, I used a spray of adhesive followed with a fine sifting of talc.
- The components: a drop of water, a drop of blood, and a sifting of ash.
- I experimented with a light sifting of powder over everything to tone down the brightness of the colours.
- A stack of sixteen hoops, divided by a slight sifting of chaff to separate the cakes, had been completed and taken to one of the four men who would express the oil.
- A fine sifting of powder had accumulated on the floor making a delicate stencil of my feet like a pointillistic art piece.
- If it gets a little sticky, add a sifting of cornstarch, but just a dusting.
- Before baking, decorate the top of each cookie with half a nutmeat and a sifting of sugar, if desired.
- It was delicious with a nice texture and served with a sifting of powdered sugar on top.
- I added it with the sifting of the flour and the other dry ingredients.
- Put the loaves, seam side down, in baking dishes that have been greased and dusted with a sifting of cornmeal.
Definition of sifting in US English: siftingnounˈsɪftɪŋˈsiftiNG 1The action of sifting something. the laborious sifting of evidence took its toll Example sentencesExamples - The impression of profound thought and relentless sifting of the ideas can only inspire respect.
- When he and his associates make a very embarrassing mistake in their sifting of the facts, it drives a wedge between them and the people they're trying to help.
- The brunt of sifting takes place during implementation.
- Admittedly, it may be the invisible hand that is doing much of the sifting.
- He analyses truth as complex and many-angled, scattered in the fallen world, to be recovered by sifting and debate.
- A cardholder, aware of the delay in the sifting of information by the computer centre, withdraws excessive amounts by relying on a balance he knows to be out of date.
- Centuries of the most diligent sifting have not produced a play or any part of a play in his own hand.
- Will two centuries of sifting really leave La Dolce Vita, Raging Bull, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Sweeney Todd on the same scrapheap as the works of Thackeray?
- The winnowed wheat is washed and then carried to the mill for grinding and sifting by two horizontal waterwheels underneath.
- The paper praised him for his "continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found."
- 1.1 An amount of sifted material.
a fine sifting of plaster dust powdered the floor Example sentencesExamples - It was delicious with a nice texture and served with a sifting of powdered sugar on top.
- I experimented with a light sifting of powder over everything to tone down the brightness of the colours.
- Put the loaves, seam side down, in baking dishes that have been greased and dusted with a sifting of cornmeal.
- A stack of sixteen hoops, divided by a slight sifting of chaff to separate the cakes, had been completed and taken to one of the four men who would express the oil.
- For a stucco wall, I used a spray of adhesive followed with a fine sifting of talc.
- Before baking, decorate the top of each cookie with half a nutmeat and a sifting of sugar, if desired.
- The components: a drop of water, a drop of blood, and a sifting of ash.
- A fine sifting of powder had accumulated on the floor making a delicate stencil of my feet like a pointillistic art piece.
- If it gets a little sticky, add a sifting of cornstarch, but just a dusting.
- I added it with the sifting of the flour and the other dry ingredients.
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