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

The final stages included curling, dying, powdering, and pomades.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021

A blue powdering of forget-me-nots and fine, fat yellow primroses punctuated the green of the slope as the two children walked up the hill toward the Frobishers’ little mausoleum.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman