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Meanings of sprinkling in inglés

portugués
jogaráguabenta
catalán
aspersió

A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby.

jogaráguabenta
portugués
aspersão

The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

aspersão
Synonyms
Examples for "aspersion"
Examples for "aspersion"
1
We're not trying to demonize the president or cast aspersion on him.
Ebony
2
We must all combat with force such an aspersion on our Legislature.
Studies and Essays: Censorship and Art
3
To the slight of the detractor or aspersion of the defamer:
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
4
The one called the others godless-theothers threw back the aspersion of bigotry.
Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire
5
What shocked him most was the implied aspersion of complicity on Mrs. Anthony.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
Usage of sprinkling in inglés
1
A sprinkling of UN soldiers will not solve the problems in Africa.
The Irish Times
2
It's possible it was practiced only by a devout sprinkling of farmers.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
3
In ten minutes the rain lightened, and soon it was barely sprinkling.
Lonesome dove
4
A light sprinkling of sand should help to make these surfaces safer.
The Irish Times
5
With perhaps just a sprinkling of hearsay thrown in for good measure.
BBC
6
Waiters in aprons were sprinkling sand on the flagstones between green shrubs.
Madame Bovary
7
Duchess-night had seen the first sprinkling of rain since the midsummer conjunction.
The Reality Dysfunction
8
Serve in lettuce cups with a sprinkling of parsley and chopped radishes.
The Complete Book of Cheese
9
Handkerchiefs receive the same treatment as napkins in sprinkling, folding, and ironing.
The Complete Home
10
His manner of sprinkling clothes in preparing them for ironing was peculiar.
Under the Redwoods
11
Westport's had a sprinkling of rain and south Westland a bit more.
Radio NZ
12
The latter he burnt daily, sprinkling it on a shovel of coals.
The Shagganappi
13
At intervals the reader is treated with a sprinkling of alliterative sentences.
Life in a Thousand Worlds
14
We use it habitually, sprinkling it on our steaks, salads and sandwiches.
The Irish Times
15
The broad dusty street was brown with sprinkling from numberless garden hose.
The Blazed Trail
16
He was sprinkling water on the white face that lay before him.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
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Translations for sprinkling
catalán
aspersió
Sprinkling through the time
Sprinkling across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common