Sentence examples for to siphon from inspiring English sources
verb
To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
- He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
This idea —to siphon up bits of an individual's exposome and systematically categorize what's in it — is novel, Snyder said.
The entire state machinery exists to siphon off cash.
But Lehwess had set up a network of front companies to siphon off its funds.
They have also been busy trying to siphon the nation's wealth and steal valuable trade secrets.
The coal mines couldn't operate, because they required electric pumps to siphon water.
He hunts game for them and teaches them how to siphon water from the ground.
Some wondered if his statement was strategic, intended to siphon vigor from the anti-government protests.
Other are suspected of inflating deals to siphon off money for themselves.
In Flappy Bird's absence, a wave of clones appeared, hoping to siphon-off Nguyen's success.
In Flappy Bird's absence, a wave of clones appeared, hoping to siphon-off Nguyen's success.
The term 'diabetes' derives from the Greek word 'diabainem' meaning 'to pass through' or 'to siphon' (Molinaro 2011, 8).
