It was easier to see the lines, though in some places the sand had sifted over them and hidden them.

I hadn't removed my shoes and sand had sifted into them.

Ah, that cuts the spacedust and sifts the sand, with a vengeance.

The windows were all broken out, and sand had sifted in over the years.

The dust and sand sifted into the slit and began covering his legs.

The six players on their side of the net rotated clockwise, sand sifting between their toes.

The tiny place smelt of the sea, and the white sand had sifted under the door, so that their feet crunched on the floor.

Sandy and Dennys sat at the water's edge, letting the small waves wash over them, letting the damp yellow sand sift through their fingers, talking only to each other.

"I can't believe-" Immediately the sand sifted down and became a fea- tureless mound, its pebbles and shells and roots randomly distributed.

"See-" He poked at it with his axe-haft and a chunk came away; sand sifted after it.