sprinkle
Example Sentences
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Callan explains that he wears a gravity-fed backpack containing 15 litres of water, and his job is to sprinkle the ice with water droplets of different sizes.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
While German municipalities used to allow citizens to sprinkle salt on frozen walkways, this was banned years ago, in favour of just gravel, as the corrosive salt is known to attack the roots of trees.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Mississippi didn’t sprinkle fairy dust on its schools to improve them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
A spritz of lemon or lime and a sprinkle of salt is often enough — startlingly so — to make them feel alive rather than virtuous.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
There was a scary moment when rain began to sprinkle and I realized I didn’t know how to turn on my windshield wipers.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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