sift through

IPA(Pronunciation)

To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

Japanese Meaning

丹念に調べる / 注意深く検査して選び出す / 徹底的に吟味する / 細かく調査する

The historian had to sift through decades of letters to piece together the true story.

その歴史家は、真相をつなぎ合わせるために何十年分の手紙を注意深く調べなければならなかった。

Sense（1）

To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

sifts through

（ present singular third-person ）

sifting through

（ participle present ）

sifted through

（ participle past ）

sifted through

（ past ）