strewed; strewed or strewn
ˈstrün 
; strewing
; strewing
1
: to spread by scattering
2
: to cover by or as if by scattering something
strewing the highways with litter
3
: to become dispersed over as if scattered
4
: to spread abroad : disseminate
Examples of strew in a Sentence
She strewed the birdseed on the ground.
sidewalks strewed with trash left by the parade watchers
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Reuters, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
Little to Notarbartolo’s knowledge however, the site where Speedy allegedly dumped the garbage was owned by August Van Camp who quickly called the police after finding trash strewn across his property.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Among the at least 100,000 corpses strewn across Hiroshima at that moment and awaiting cremation, there would have been any number—perhaps even thousands—of bodies that fit the esteemed physicist’s needs.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Each frame looks like it was designed by Wes Anderson with set dressing eye candy strewn everywhere.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for strew
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“Strew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strew. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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strew
verb
strewed; strewed or strewn
ˈstrün
; strewing
; strewing
1
: to spread (as seeds) by scattering
2
: to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
strewing the highways with litter
3
: to spread around as if sowing seeds : disseminate
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