winnow chaff. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
So he will return to those issues and try to kind of winnow down the states that he pays attention to. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2007] Reference
And breezes waft the sound of winnow and of flail. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
This is an important thing and it will winnow out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2007] Reference
Rita herself helped winnow the claimants down to seven. From Wordnik.com. [Marley's Ghost In Babylon] Reference
Is like (trying to) winnow (something meaningful from) chaff. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbreviated Points of the Graded Path] Reference
College taught me to question and debate, to sift and winnow. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL: EUROPEAN PREJUDICE] Reference
But this administration is going to have to winnow them down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2001] Reference
Does that winnow out people who would be good for the country. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2006] Reference
Between two sacks and a winnow cloth for fear that he take harm. From Wordnik.com. [The Rambling Siuler] Reference
When you have threshed your rice, winnow it to make it quite clean. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
They just have to deal with this as the field begins to winnow out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2007] Reference
But it's not going to winnow out until late fall if not early winter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2007] Reference
That is the traditional role of South Carolina -- winnow out the field. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2007] Reference
Because of its small seed size, the harvest is very difficult to winnow. From Wordnik.com. [3. Fonio (Acha)] Reference
So much for the idea that Iowa and New Hampshire helped winnow the field. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Obama, McCain Narrowly Ahead In Nevada Caucuses] Reference
Now it might winnow the field, but this is going to go on for a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2008] Reference
I no longer winnow content, but absorb it all as a black hole of a character. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Urdoxa 2.0] Reference
To winnow means to separate the coffee beans from all the bits of pulp and skin. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
I had to winnow down the ~400 "statements" to the 68 representing separate bills. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: I'll Crack Down On Mortgage Predators] Reference
They 'll give you more; but we can winnow the wheat from the chaff after you get back. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
I'm standing at the full length winnow looking out on the street below feeling powerful. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2009] Reference
These had lived there so long as to be able to winnow the chaff and throw the refuse off. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
College taught me, above all else, to continue to question and debate, to sift and winnow. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
Then winnow the list down to seven, and rank them according to which you enjoyed the most. From Wordnik.com. [What To Do Right After You Get Laid Off] Reference
So it was an exhaustive process that they through to winnow it down to 17 who heard the trial. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2006] Reference
CUOMO: A lot of things winnow out, to use your words, people who would be good for the country. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2006] Reference
But you know, historically it is one of events that tends to help winnow the field a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2007] Reference
And I think we very quickly -- you will very quickly be able to winnow out for whom it's real. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2006] Reference
How do you do that in any study, winnow that out so that you're really looking at just television?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2002] Reference
With more than 100 foreign and domestic sedans to choose from, it can be hard to winnow the choices. From Wordnik.com. [Video: How to choose the best sedan for you] Reference
Better, perhaps, if he could winnow away her hopes so far that she'd be forced to go back to Normandy. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
MR. LOCKHART: Well, I don't know that it's going to be a process where we narrow and by nature winnow things out. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference
Iowa's caucuses were unlikely to winnow out major figures (though Carol Moseley Braun dropped out and endorsed Dean). From Wordnik.com. [GRINS AND GRENADES] Reference
"We're watching a winnowing-out process that's going to winnow out everyone," said fund raiser Duane Garrett of San Francisco. From Wordnik.com. [Now It's 'Don Quixote' Cuomo] Reference
Republicans believe in markets, so why not let the marketplace of ideas, performance and persuasion naturally winnow the field?. From Wordnik.com. [A Way Out of the Wilderness] Reference
They throw them into a wooden mortar and pound and winnow away the troublesome spines leaving behind the white, flavorful seeds. From Wordnik.com. [14. Wild Grains] Reference
It is essential to winnow and sieve oilseeds, prior to expelling, to remove as much dirt, dust, sand and small stones as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Yahoo's inventory of more than 30,000 entries doesn't winnow the unwieldy Web down to a pamphlet -- but it's better than searching alone. From Wordnik.com. [A (Free And) Easy Guide To The Web] Reference
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