sprinkling
Example Sentences
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She mastered the social and political media by not being boring, sprinkling her views with salty talk and a sassy smile.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
A court upheld a ban on people sprinkling salt outside their homes and businesses.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Videos of people sprinkling chia seeds on top of porridge and nutritionists lauding the benefits of red kidney beans and chickpeas are filling up people's TikTok feeds.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Let the baked star cool before sprinkling with a generous dusting of powdered sugar.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025
Wherever they struck, they hissed and burst like clouds of dust, sprinkling the hull with specks of light.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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