The phrase "it's sprinkling" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to refer to light rain. For example, "I stepped out into the chilly air and noticed that it's sprinkling."
At Vancouver and New York's Japadog, it's sprinkled with black sesame seeds and slathered over a turkey wiener.
Then it's transferred, along with its truly impressive bone, to a wood platter, where it's sprinkled with grated horseradish and Sicilian anchovy sauce.
When it comes out of the fryer it's sprinkled with salt and chopped parsley.
Salt is the rare ingredient that can enhance the flavor of pretty much any food it's sprinkled on.
It's sprinkled with tart kuko seeds and oba leaves, and served with a sake and bonito reduction.
The root of ukrop comes from the verb kropit' — to sprinkle — and, sure enough, it's sprinkled everywhere, with slightly crazed abandon.
But baby powder feels so good that you'll understand right away why babies gurgle and smile when it's sprinkled on them.
In the Middle East, dukkah is usually eaten with flatbread — either it's sprinkled on top, or the bread is first dipped into olive oil and then into the dukkah.
"I call indium a "spice metal", because it's sprinkled into products in a way that makes it almost impossible to recover," says Armin Reller, a materials physicist at the University of Augsburg in Germany.
"Of course, it's not quite English either – it's more Globish, and it's sprinkled with French and German words, plus a load of jargon – for instance, if you're going to meet up with someone, you might say you're going for a "bilateral".
