sprinkle

Example Sentences

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One wears sprinkles like confetti or a glaze sticky as the night and waits under hard light at an airport coffee counter.

From Salon

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

While thoroughly grounded in training and technique as a world champion athlete, there is also superstition and a little bit of music sprinkled in the mix.

From BBC

At the burial he sprinkled earth on the coffin, and I felt as though he were leaving a part of his own life force in the grave.

From Literature

About 40 other members of his crew are sprinkled across this rural corner of Apache County, digging ditches, hanging fiber cables on utility poles and joining tiny fiber strands.

From The Wall Street Journal