sprinkle

Example Sentences

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If you’re craving a bit of crunch on your freshly-baked muffins, skip the homemade streusel and sprinkle some chia seeds.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 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

Meanwhile, a few lone shoppers sprinkle into the store to get their weekly groceries as music blasts through the speakers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

I take hot sauce and sprinkle the runny yolk red.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes