The wise ones fashion speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
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Sifted
Synonyms for "sifted" (159 found)
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1 translations across 1 languages.
Latin
1 entries- crebratus adj (having undergone sifting)
Sample sentences
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Tom sifted the warm sand through his fingers.
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With trembling hands, Santiago sifted through the pictures.
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The folks at the Carnegie Observatories recently stumbled across something rare as they sifted through their archives to help a researcher.
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