I even sifted the gravely sand through my fingers, to produce nothing.

He lifted tendrils of my hair and sifted it through his fingers.

He touched her hair, then sifted it through his fingers.

The tiny beads sifted through her fingers, cool and clear.

She pulled up a handful of the tall grass and let it sift through her fingers.

I reached down, picked up a handful and let it sift through my fingers.

Proteus sifted a handful of the hard little objects through his fingers.

Jamie sat there, idly sifting the sand through his fingers.

Occasionally he would sift a little dirt through his fingers.

He picked up a handful of dirt from the floor and sifted it through his fingers.