- present participle of sprinkle.
sprinkling
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Lev Sercarz suggests adding it to eggs or sprinkling it on raw vegetables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
This is how you prevent the flat, powdery taste that comes from sprinkling seasoning over finished sauce.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
"The star has so little carbon that it suggests an early sprinkling of cosmic dust is responsible for making it," said Ji.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
A court upheld a ban on people sprinkling salt outside their homes and businesses.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
He laughed temperately, doing this, and walked on, sprinkling bright dimes everywhere.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
It's not a self-help book by any means, but there are some little sprinklings of actionable data in the book.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
His improvisations and sprinklings of Spanish into the dialogue won over the audience, and his genuine rapport with the priest portrayed by Scott Scully, perhaps the Met’s funniest comprimario, was a joy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
Any that are found must come from geologically recent sprinklings.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 15, 2021
What 5th Avenue artistic director Berry does, with flair and propulsion, is honor the original and bring it to life with more Latinx actors in the mix and sprinklings of Spanish in the dialogue.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2019
This one, however, still showed sprinklings of gold.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
