Sieve has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | I have a memory like a sieve. | |
| 2. | Water runs through a paper towel as if it were a sieve. | |
| 3. | Our memory is like a sieve, as we forget almost half of what we have learned within the first twenty minutes. | |
| 4. | Arguing with a woman is about as fruitful as scooping up water with a sieve. | |
| 5. | She gave the boy a sieve in which to carry water from the well. | |
| 6. | Water doesn't stay in a sieve. | |
| 7. | The wise ones fashion speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. | |
| 8. | Layla's alibi is leaking like a sieve. | |
| 9. | Tantalus, in spite of his thirst, stopped for a moment his efforts for water, Ixion's wheel stood still, the vulture ceased to tear the giant's liver, the daughters of Danaus rested from their task of drawing water in a sieve, and Sisyphus sat on his rock to listen. | |
| 10. | It leaks like a sieve. |