besprinkle
Example Sentences
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I will scatter seeds criminally thickly on the surface, pat them down, and then remember that they need cover and besprinkle them with some soil that I’ve inevitably dropped on the kitchen floor.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2019
It is equally unpleasant as "little woman" or "dearie," both of which besprinkle all his sentences.
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Glyn, Elinor
The novel goes on apace; but I shall besprinkle it with local color afterwards.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel
He shook off the earth with which he had tried to besprinkle himself and scrambled up.
From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
My God, my Mercy, with how much gall didst Thou out of Thy great goodness besprinkle for me that sweetness?
From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
