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present participle and gerund of sprinkle examples
plural sprinklings
The action of the verb to sprinkle. examples
A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something. quotations examples
Among the devotees […] were persons who suffered from loathsome skin diseases, such as smallpox, abscesses, and the itch; and among them there was a fair sprinkling of debauchees, who had drunk themselves nearly blind and hoped to recover the use of their precious eyes by parading for a month in this curious mantle.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 299
It notes: "The Welsh Government's view is that genuine 'levelling up' cannot simply mean a sprinkling of new, ad hoc rail projects decided in Whitehall, it has to be part of a strategic approach to promoting growth in all parts of the UK."
2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “When will Wales's wish for rail improvements come true?”, in Rail, page 32
A light shower of rain. examples
A scattering. examples