sieve

Example Sentences

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The average American home is about as airtight and well-insulated as a metal sieve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

A miracle required when your defence is populated by jittery players and leaks like a sieve.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

If you want a silky texture, strain through a fine-mesh sieve.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2025

It’s a kind of medievalism, in other words, that seems to have passed through a sieve of Jane Austen or Emily Brontë; now you can see it in the works of medieval-themed romantasy novels.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

His hands were tired, the sand was boiling, the sieve was empty.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury