strewn

Example Sentences

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Damaged buildings and cars could be seen, and debris was strewn on the roads.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

By Sunday morning the rubbish strewn streets had been largely cleared up and traffic lights which were damaged by fans climbing on them were being repaired.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The vigil keepers had gone home, the only evidence of their presence was a few wax-stained signs strewn across the pavement.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon