Sorting
['sɔːtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sort
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Examples
- Sorting them out carefully with his eyes after he had seen them first together, Robert Jordan looked them over individually. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Because I suppose, sir, that what was found, was found in the sorting and sifting. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Well; I got the better of it, and went on sorting, and went on singing to myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By her side sat a woman with a bright tin pan in her lap, into which she was carefully sorting some dried peaches. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But crouched there, sorting out the grenades, what he was thinking was: it is impossible. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Beth was sorting the cones that lay thick under the hemlock near by, for she made pretty things with them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We can't reason from our feelings to those of this class of persons, said the other lady, sorting out some worsteds on her lap. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Getting leaves, meekly answered Jo, sorting the rosy handful she had just swept up. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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