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Meanings of sprinkling in English
Portuguese
jogaráguabenta Catalan
aspersió Usage of sprinkling in English
1
A sprinkling of UN soldiers will not solve the problems in Africa.
2
It's possible it was practiced only by a devout sprinkling of farmers.
3
In ten minutes the rain lightened, and soon it was barely sprinkling.
4
A light sprinkling of sand should help to make these surfaces safer.
5
With perhaps just a sprinkling of hearsay thrown in for good measure.
6
Waiters in aprons were sprinkling sand on the flagstones between green shrubs.
7
Duchess-night had seen the first sprinkling of rain since the midsummer conjunction.
8
Serve in lettuce cups with a sprinkling of parsley and chopped radishes.
9
Handkerchiefs receive the same treatment as napkins in sprinkling, folding, and ironing.
10
His manner of sprinkling clothes in preparing them for ironing was peculiar.
11
Westport's had a sprinkling of rain and south Westland a bit more.
12
The latter he burnt daily, sprinkling it on a shovel of coals.
13
At intervals the reader is treated with a sprinkling of alliterative sentences.
14
We use it habitually, sprinkling it on our steaks, salads and sandwiches.
15
The broad dusty street was brown with sprinkling from numberless garden hose.
16
He was sprinkling water on the white face that lay before him.
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Sprinkling through the time
Sprinkling across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common