How to Use strew in a Sentence

strew

verb

• She strewed the birdseed on the ground.
• 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
• Poles were strewn on the sidewalk in front of the building.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• Contents of the console were strewn on the front seats.
  — Deborah Kadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• 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
• The field, the area of seafloor strewn with the ship's wreckage, is believed to be about 3 x 5 miles in size.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 13 July 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
• The record books are strewn with ninth-inning bright flames who flamed out.
  — oregonlive.com, 26 July 2019
• 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
• And then that their ashes are strewn on the road for donkeys to walk over.
  — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
• 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
• Several of his teeth had been knocked out, and found strewn about the small room.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
• The dive team also saw crew members’ boots strewn around both the bow and the stern sections on the seabed.
  — Fox News, 19 Sep. 2019
• 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 game helped inspires some details, right down to the amount of garbage that would be strewn across the wasteland.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
• The road ahead for Mr Imamoglu is strewn with obstacles.
  — The Economist, 29 June 2019
• The bodies were strewn across different parts of the house, Knight said.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
• Appliances were strewn in the street, and a window frame sat on its side.
  — Sam Brock, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• Debris from the crash, including pieces of a CHP uniform, was strewn on the street.
  — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024