bestrew

Example Sentences

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Tears will bedew, if wigs do not bestrew the green.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2017

More than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, concrete security barriers still bestrew the east side of 23rd Street NW.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2015

Uprooted trees, torn chunks of pavement and twisted iron fences bestrew the roadsides.

From Time Magazine Archive

All around Autumn leaves are falling; Signs of death bestrew the ground, Winter time recalling.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

The glen was beginning to bestrew itself with want of light, instead of shadows; and bushy places thickened with the imperceptible growth of night.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)