- past participle of strew.
strewn
Example Sentences
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The ground was strewn with food containers, plastic bottles, empty chip packets, orange peels and coffee cups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Yehia Hassan is on the verge of tears as he surveys the filth and broken furniture strewn across the front room of his beloved Luton home.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
In one heavily damaged neighbourhood, Rana Nasrallah surveyed her destroyed home, the rubble strewn with clothes, furniture and pot plants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Damaged buildings and cars could be seen, and debris was strewn on the roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
There was nothing in that direction but broken pavement, strewn with weeds and trash the Bear Clan Patrol didn’t let the youths clean up.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
