How to Use strew in a Sentence

strew

verb
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  • Rocks and stones cracked by the fire's heat are strewn about.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The menorah was smashed and its pieces strewn around the area.
    — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Steve Hunt: And on the floor was Cathy's purse, with the contents … strewn about.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Many of the broken shards were strewn all over the floor, along with piles of trash.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Dancers shook their asses on the main stage and in pole pits strewn with cash.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
  • This part of the house seems like the only place where anything gets strewn.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The way back from the graveside to the wider world is strewn with petals fallen from the flower of love.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Dozens of homes had slipped out to sea or been torn apart, the rubble strewn from land to shore.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Parts of the aircraft and its four motors were strewn across a wide swath.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • Bodies were shown strewn on the ground, and in the footage panicked people ran from the scene.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Pieces of the Tesla remained strewn about the street and sidewalk.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • Video showed the inside of the cathedral strewn with debris.
    — Heather Chen, CNN, 23 July 2023
  • Or an orchard full of apples, some strewn around the ground?
    — Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Bent, blackened, and charred, steel wreckage was strewn about the site.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Contents of the building were strewn around the aluminum seats.
    — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Images of the scene show her belongings strewn on the street.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Trash was strewn about the cell, and the toilet was filled with excrement.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • The bodies were strewn across different parts of the house, Knight said.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • Soldiers sorted through the corpses strewn around the grounds—many of them burned and blackened.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Broken glass is strewn across the tile floor in the entryway.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Pieces of the home, including its roof, were strewn about the street by daylight.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • That union ended in divorce 15 years later, the details of the breakup strewn across the tabloids.
    — Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • Even the small gap between the jams was strewn with obstacles.
    — Adam M. Sowards, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 May 2023
  • Debris is strewn across what remains of some of the buildings.
    — Michelle Iracheta, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Not here, in this dusty field strewn with dead people wrapped in blankets and zipped up in body bags.
    — TIME, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Roofs were blown off homes, furniture, fences and debris were strewn about during the height of the storm in the South.
    — Kathy McCormack, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In one photo, a mattress sits on the floor and orange bedsheets are strewn around the room.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Some versions show the person passed out on a playground, in a tree or strewn across a car hood.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • Video from the scene shows the front of the truck smashed, and it is surrounded by several park benches and debris like empty cups strewn across the floor.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 5 July 2024
  • They were found haphazardly stored or strewn about Mar-a-Lago.
    — Orlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2024

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