Sifted

The wise ones fashion speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

Tom sifted the warm sand through his fingers.

With trembling hands, Santiago sifted through the pictures.

The folks at the Carnegie Observatories recently stumbled across something rare as they sifted through their archives to help a researcher.

The recipe called for sifted flour so it would be fluffier.