strewed

Example Sentences

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Mud and rocks had exploded through their garage, leaving its contents strewed down the hill in the grime filling the mouths of storm drains.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Elvis' actual house is smaller than you'd think and kinda gives off grandpa vibes with the overly carpeted rooms and hallways, and bric-a-brac strewed about.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2023

There are no photos, no books, no papers strewed about on the white counter that serves as a desk.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2021

“He left the field strewed with Army tacklers who had a shot at him and came up empty-handed,” sports columnist Shirley Povich wrote in The Post.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2019

Nelson raked a pan of cold ashes out of the stove, and together we strewed them all around the hard-pan-dirt yard outside the chicken house.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver