Get to know Sprinkling better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like scattering or sprinkle.
Sprinkling in a sentence
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Sprinkling meaning
present participle and gerund of sprinkle
Synonyms of Sprinkling
Using Sprinkling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of sprinkle
- Useful related words include: scattering, sprinkle, sparge, baptism.
- In the example corpus, sprinkling often appears in combinations such as: sprinkling of, and sprinkling, with sprinkling.
Context around Sprinkling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sprinkling
- In this selection, "sprinkling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gallon, busy, whales, upwards, flour and schools stand out and add context to how "sprinkling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fair sprinkling of michaels and a generous sprinkling of sugar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sprinkling" sits close to words such as adrienne, airlift and alisson, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sprinkling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A sprinkling of cashews brought a harder crunch. (8 words)
The sprinkling of crunchy peanuts added another texture to the dish. (11 words)
Sunday will be mostly dry compared to Saturday, with a light sprinkling forecast between 1pm and 4pm. (17 words)
Torquay did have a sprinkling of efforts in the first half - Jack Stobbs, Shaun Donnellan, Aaron Jarvis and Ollie Tomlinson - but there were almost no chances in the second until Brad Ash bundled home a Stobbs corner in injury time for 2-1. (43 words)
Piping hot, the dish, recommended by the owner, and is a soothing elixir featuring chewy noodles, hunks of chicken and an assortment of cabbage and carrot, topped with a sprinkling of spring onions, chopped coriander and garlic. (37 words)
Another way that still uses powdered lime is to fill a two gallon sprinkling can with water and add quart of powered lime to the water and sprinkle around the base of the tomato plants. (35 words)
I created 'For the Love of Tidying' around 2 years ago and have since been very busy sprinkling my fairy dust on to people's homes! (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
There are a variety of other customs, such as hand gestures to mime the sprinkling of blood (one sprinkling upwards and seven downwards per set of eight).
An official of the Public Works Department (PWD) said, “The process of sprinkling of water is underway in the national capital in view of the pollution in the city.
Another way that still uses powdered lime is to fill a two gallon sprinkling can with water and add quart of powered lime to the water and sprinkle around the base of the tomato plants.
A sprinkling of cashews brought a harder crunch.
A sprinkling of freckles, generously given to me by my mother, water down the strong Egyptian features from my father’s side of my family.
Grease a Bundt pan liberally by covering every inch with butter and then sprinkling flour on top of the butter.
I created 'For the Love of Tidying' around 2 years ago and have since been very busy sprinkling my fairy dust on to people's homes!
Imagine showers of little green sand grains drifting through the ocean: collecting on coral reefs, rolling off the backs of whales, sprinkling schools of tuna — and helping to save all those creatures, and humanity, too.
Piping hot, the dish, recommended by the owner, and is a soothing elixir featuring chewy noodles, hunks of chicken and an assortment of cabbage and carrot, topped with a sprinkling of spring onions, chopped coriander and garlic.
Stone adds to the realism by sprinkling Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor and other gridiron legends into a stacked cast led by Al Pacino and Jamie Foxx.
Sunday will be mostly dry compared to Saturday, with a light sprinkling forecast between 1pm and 4pm.
The fairytale extravaganza promises to be full of laugh-out-loud comedy, lavish sets, great music, glittering costumes, magic and more than a sprinkling of mayhem.
There were small groups of government officials with their friends and families, mixed tables of Indigenous iTaukei and Indo-Fijians who worked together, and a sprinkling of the international United Nations/NGO set.
There would usually be a fair sprinkling of Michaels, Pauls, Kevins and Stephens too - and, for the girls, plenty of Julies, Alisons, Deborahs, Michelles and the like.
The sprinkling of crunchy peanuts added another texture to the dish.
Think burn-inducing squatting, pulsing, jumping, shaking, and a sprinkling of burpees for good measure, as Melisse guides our breath and offers words of spiritual enlightenment as we sweat.
Tomatoes need rich, well-drained soil (add a sprinkling of potash) and if the ground is very acid (pH less than 5.5) a handful of lime to every square metre.
Torquay did have a sprinkling of efforts in the first half - Jack Stobbs, Shaun Donnellan, Aaron Jarvis and Ollie Tomlinson - but there were almost no chances in the second until Brad Ash bundled home a Stobbs corner in injury time for 2-1.
With a sprinkling of the skin cells on herself, she can travel from universe to universe in a matter of seconds, besting even her beloved brother in speed.
A lemon tart gets a generous sprinkling of sugar and the flame of a blowtorch to brûlée the top before serving.
Common combinations with sprinkling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sprinkling of 61×
- and sprinkling 16×
- with sprinkling 11×
- the sprinkling 10×
- by sprinkling 9×
- sprinkling the 4×
- sprinkling with 4×
- of sprinkling 3×
- fair sprinkling 3×
- before sprinkling 3×