How to Use sort through in a Sentence

sort through

verb
  • With so many books to sort through, staying awhile is welcome.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • That means more products, more content and more noise to sort through.
    — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The list of teams to sort through ranges from rebuilding clubs to contenders.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Commit to sorting through the garage at least once per year so the clutter doesn’t creep back up.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2026
  • So how is a Democratic voter to sort through this race?
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • It won’t be swayed by the tedious work of sorting through a ream of documents.
    — Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Bradlow talked about his college-age son, who is sorting through what to do with his career.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The answer to this question will likely come this fall, once the Vikings sort through their starter spot.
    — Dianna Russini, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The Dodgers have sorted through different mental cues to try to line things up.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Only Lanie bothered to help me sort through what my mother had left behind, sort my days.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Empty the mailbox before leaving on a trip, and be sure to sort through mail that's been piling up.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2026
  • The team was sorting through injuries while trying to integrate new pieces.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Regularly sort through your spice collection and dispose of any past their prime.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026
  • But the Bulldogs peaked at the right time and made a Cinderella run of sorts through the bracket.
    — Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026
  • There are hundreds of tech deals to sort through, but these are the ones that immediately caught my attention.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
  • Not because options are limited, but because there are too many of them to sort through efficiently.
    — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Chicago White Sox are sorting through their pitching options.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But, there are still quite a few hurdles that finance teams are sorting through, namely related to workforce training.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
  • Murphy sorted through a few papers and pulled out a white sheet featuring a grid with boxes highlighted green, yellow or red.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Among them was Pat Serwaa, who was sorting through a bale of leggings from London with practiced ease.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • Employers spend less time sorting through misaligned candidates.
    — Crystal Gilmore, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Now the image team at the space agency is still sorting through and processing the tens of thousands of images captured during the mission.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
  • Now everything is on hold while Woods sorts through his second arrest in the last nine years, and his fourth car crash since 2009.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Together, the couple set out to sort through the confusion and frustration of an insurance process that wasn't designed to help them.
    — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Meyer still brokers earth-shattering private deals, but for the last decade, he’s been sorting through Si’s deep collection.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
  • Otherwise, the task will be sorting through a raft of mid-to-late-round options and trying to find somebody who can help right away, sure, but who can be a force in the future.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Now everything is on hold while Woods sorts through his second arrest in the last nine years, and his fourth car crash dating to 2009.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Projecting a player’s trajectory isn’t a perfect science because there’s so much uniqueness to sort through.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Every product category on the site is overflowing with incredible deals, but sorting through them can be tough.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There are linebackers and receivers and offensive linemen to sort through and, who knows, maybe a developmental quarterback out there, too.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026

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