sprinkle
Example Sentences
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Pour in the lentils with water and sprinkle a pinch of salt.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
You can't walk in and suddenly sprinkle stardust on the players.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
This is the de rigueur work of what William’s officials call an “away day”—when the prince heads every other week into the provinces to sprinkle some royal stardust.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
“He knows how to sprinkle them with humor or to film them in a way you don’t expect.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
The fire is slow and smoky and I sprinkle it with the paraffin oil, it flares up, whoosh, and nearly takes my eyebrows off.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Vocabulary lists containing sprinkle
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