powdering
Example Sentences
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Beyond serving customers at the counter, I also worked in the back, finishing donuts through tasks like jelly filling, frosting and powdering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Did you know that pink tights and shoes were not allowed at Dance Theater, and that “pancaking” — powdering your shoes with makeup — was the norm before skin tone shoes were made?
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Veronika Electronika told a Facebook Live audience, powdering her forehead in the glow of her ring light.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022
For these minerals, a streak test can be obtained by powdering the mineral with a hammer and smearing the powder across a streak plate or notebook paper.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
All that happened was that a faint powdering of rock went up in the sunlight.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
