sprinkling

Preposition: of

• snow: The island is famous for its almond trees - in early spring, their blossom looks like a sprinkling of snow.
• humor: Imagine two UK Mc's which add a sprinkling of humor?
• salt: Scoop out the flesh, add a generous knob of butter, a splash of milk and a sprinkling of salt.
• herb: With sun-ripened tomatoes and a sprinkling of fresh herbs, it makes a tasty and pretty salad.
• dust: A shower of sparks, some sprinkling of dust, a flurry of snow settles upon the Thames.
• blood: Now a new covenant is made with the world, that the people may be restored by the sprinkling of the divine blood.

Converse of subject

• follow: Sift a little cocoa powder over the top followed by a light sprinkling of icing sugar.

Converse of object

• add: EA has also added a liberal sprinkling of extras.
• have: Blacks with Silver in their ancestry may have a sprinkling of silver hairs through their coat with maturity.
• include: The Pink Paper includes a sprinkling of political comment, some of it about Stephen Twigg, who beat Michael Portillo in 1997.
• bring: Currently promoting their latest album ' Supernature ' , Goldfrapp are set to bring a sprinkling of glamor to the Isle Of Wight Festival.
• give: Following heavy rain on 25/26th colder weather returned to give a sprinkling at 1600 ft and as low as 1200 ft in places.
• get: I'd forgotten to water them for the past 2 weeks, but they got a sprinkling last night.

Adjective modifier

• liberal: I like his use of the Irish language: a liberal sprinkling of the words entirely, roar, ass, fiddler's fart.
• generous: Whilst including virtually all of their 1960's hits, the Hollies also provided a generous sprinkling of ' new ' songs.
• fair: It was a very mixed audience covering every age bracket with a fair sprinkling of young females.
• usual: Vannes is a lively medieval town with the usual sprinkling of museums and restaurants.
• healthy: There is a healthy sprinkling of references to influential intellects of the past, from Rousseau to Adam Smith.
• light: Small hollows can be dealt with by adding a light sprinkling of sifted soil or potting compost onto the surface of the grass.