strew
Example Sentences
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Boulders are strewn about the landscape like “rugged dice thrown and left by wagering giants.”
Photos believed to be from the scene have been circulating on social media showing missing roofs across parts of the building complex, broken hospital beds and debris strewn across the ground.
From BBC
He looked through a pair of binoculars and saw the wreckage of a fighter jet strewn across the desert floor at the edge of the Searles dry lake.
From Los Angeles Times
A tour of the home given to Rai showed a wood-burning stove in a kitchen, colourful children's beds covered with stuffed animals, and Christmas lights strewn about the home.
From Barron's
“Expensive Basketball” is an encyclopedic romp through hoops history, footnotes strewn throughout like so many perimeter ball screens, threads blissfully unconnected.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.