sprinkle
Example Sentences
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Then drop in a few pickled cucumbers and garnish with a cilantro-onion sprinkle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
A sprinkle of sporting rivalry gives you the heady alchemy of why Heated Rivalry resonates with long-time BL fans.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 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
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
The rain quickly went from a sprinkle to a downpour, thundering against the leaves and trenching water through the soil.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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