- present participle of sprinkle.
sprinkling
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Baltimore used to address its vacant issue on a citywide basis, sprinkling funds across neighborhoods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Spiegel says they brainstorm ideas for actors and themes based on what’s in the zeitgeist, tying the stories to specific moments in pop culture, then sprinkling in some evergreen stories throughout the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Others were seen sprinkling water to cool them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
This is how you prevent the flat, powdery taste that comes from sprinkling seasoning over finished sauce.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
Traveling south through the Black Belt, the streetcars passed by quiet streets where the Respectables lived in sturdy brick and stone structures mixed with a healthy sprinkling of frame houses and a few apartment buildings.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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Any that are found must come from geologically recent sprinklings.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 15, 2021
In both cases, however, there were sprinklings of truth inserted in the fakes in order to scare journalists off calling them fabrications and to lure people into line-by-line debates that distract from the larger issues.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2019
The sprinklings most common in Seattle aren’t going away, according to Rufo-Hill.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2018
Both rallies were predominantly white, with sprinklings of younger Latinos and African Americans.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2016
The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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