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 quite unlike the blossoms which besprinkle other rugs.
From The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by Ellwanger, W. D. (William DeLancey)
Then take her blood, and cast it on this brake, And therewithal besprinkle all his face, And he shall be restored to his sense, His health and memory, as heretofore.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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)
You said, if you pulled your thumb out, you could besprinkle everything.
From Folk Tales Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
