The object of this was to winnow out as much of the sand as possible.

It's fine to have staff do the preliminary visits, winnow out the chaff, as it were.

Analysts said a key challenge that Lu faces is to train employees to winnow out risky suppliers.

And how will that winnow out the freelance community, given you can't sustain a household on current rates?

They winnow out the weeds among those who come under their influence with quite extraordinary celerity and thoroughness.

Then, the team used heat, various protein-digesting enzymes, and size filters to try to winnow out the effective molecule.

It kept growing, and there are plans to continue, though a Dakota winter may winnow out all but the toughest.

Mary watched in a trance of horror and fascination as the rotting thing began to winnow out of the television.

Because women are the more prized sexual resource, most cultures winnow out male suitors, challenging them to earn a bride's hand.

Ah Kim never dared bare himself to himself and thrash out and winnow out how much of the old he had ceased to believe in.

A long tongue of red flame winnowed out over the street.

Then I swept up the grain and winnowed out the chaff and filled one of my sacks.

This land was full of cockle, winnowed out of Italy, Austria and the whole south of Europe.

The vetting process doomed their hope for a significant voice in parliament, as it winnowed out their leading candidates.

Anyone who's got anything interesting to contribute will no doubt be winnowed out and sent through to the Inspector.

But not With relentless selectivity, the Communist machine has winnowed out the grain and retained only the chaff of Western culture.