The answer was the same, and he let the coins trickle through his fingers.

I went to bed early, got up late and let the morning trickle through my fingers like silver sand.

He scooped up a handful of gold coins and let them trickle through his fingers.

If only, he thought sometimes, Blanche would not worry so much about wasting time and let the minutes trickle like sand through her fingers.

Laurel took a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.

Reality had become like sand, trickling through her fingers.

She picked up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.

He bent down to pick up a handful of the black earth, let it trickle through his fingers.

He squatted there and let the pebbles trickle through his fingers.

He grabbed up a few coins, and let them trickle through his fingers.