sprinkling

Example Sentences

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Let the baked star cool before sprinkling with a generous dusting of powdered sugar.

From Salon

Every year there is the faintly absurd recipe of a dollop of briefing, several tablespoons of speculation and a sprinkling of leaks.

From BBC

The stadium was loud and overwhelmingly blue, with only a sprinkling of Tampa Bay fans.

From Los Angeles Times

A dusting of snowflakes still clung to the envelope, like a sprinkling of white sugar on a cupcake.

From Literature

Using hand gestures, he said he saw a DR Congo member waving his hand as if sprinkling or shaking something.

From Barron's