sprinkle
verb (used with object)
to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles.
have been sprinkling
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present perfect progressiveof sprinkle.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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To discourage dogs from smelling at doors and house corners, people have been sprinkling nose-outraging powders.
From Time Magazine Archive
And you have been sprinkling it on this midshipman's uniform?
From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
