- present participle of sprinkle.
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Origin of sprinkling
First recorded in 1400–50, sprinkling is from the late Middle English word sprenclyng. See sprinkle, -ing 1
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Despite a sprinkling of votes for other players, Myha'la became the second casualty of the episode.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
You hadn’t had “Twin Peaks,” although we were kind of slightly “The Office,” “Twin Peaks,” sprinkling of “Northern Exposure” maybe, but nothing I think of that sort had been for a while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lev Sercarz suggests adding it to eggs or sprinkling it on raw vegetables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Others were seen sprinkling water to cool them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
“It was like magic. From a distance they looked like a sprinkling of pixie dust or glitter.”
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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
In both cases, however, there were sprinklings of truth inserted in the fakes in order to scare journalists off calling them fabrications and to lure people into line-by-line debates that distract from the larger issues.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2019
His margherita sports both fresh mozzarella and sprinklings of hard romano.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2015
The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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