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Definition of Sifts
1. sift [v] - See also: sift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sifts
Literary usage of Sifts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1864)
"and sifts, that are not himself, then surely it is his absolute sovereignty and
grace to give and bestow himself. IV. That our being called into this ..."
2. A Tour Through the Pyrenees by Hippolyte Taine (1874)
"... the monotonous breeze which sifts through them forever awakes their murmur ;
thus they chant in a plaintive fashion, but with a far softer and more ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1883)
"Thy soft clear radiance slants the street, sifts down these dark, unhappy places ;
Shines, through the gas-glare and the heat, On haggard, sin-grimed faces. ..."
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