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

Veronika Electronika told a Facebook Live audience, powdering her forehead in the glow of her ring light.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2022

For these minerals, a streak test can be obtained by powdering the mineral with a hammer and smearing the powder across a streak plate or notebook paper.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Going to visit my aunt - my nan's code for "powdering her nose".

From BBC • May 17, 2013

In fact she had powdered herself into an otherworldly pallor, which she now tried to fix by powdering herself even more.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood