Verb (used with object), : to strew seed in a garden bed. ,to strew a floor with sawdust. ,Sawdust strewed the floor. ,to strew rumors among the troops. From Dictionary.com.
There were a total of 8 spiders strewn from the door jam by my bedroom to the ceiling above my kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Right] Reference
You were introduced to wet shaving and decided that was the route for you but your razor and brush remain strewn about your bathroom sink?. From Wordnik.com. [DIY Razor and Shaving Brush Stand | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Take a quick glance at the top times in WPIAL Class AA this season and you'll see Pisarcik's name strewn throughout. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
On his website, Stephen he painstakingly archived reams of text messages, "love" letters, and curse-word strewn rants. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
She found the slope 'strewn' all over with immense masses of granite. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
CROWLEY: Well, you know, election-year history is kind of strewn with people whose candidacies stalled and failed in Iowa. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2007] Reference
My hair is dark blond with lighter blond highlights kind of strewn around. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
I try to use the word strewn once a day. From Wordnik.com. [HEATH LEDGER IS DEAD – UPDATE] Reference
We saw sleeping bags and water canisters strewn about. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted] Reference
He walked over to a table strewn with poison headlines. From Wordnik.com. [Getting The Hang Of Power] Reference
Litter-strewn rocks have been buried under man-ma beaches. From Wordnik.com. [The Waiting Games Are Over] Reference
Look around you at the wreckage-strewn political landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Politics' Sacred Lie] Reference
But Hamanaka's 26 years with Sumitomo were strewn with controversy. From Wordnik.com. [The Mighty Copper King] Reference
The streets are strewn with rubble and lined with tacky souvenir shops. From Wordnik.com. [O Little Town Of Bethlehem, How Grim We See Thee] Reference
We grabbed gloves from the hundred or more pairs strewn at the base of the dome. From Wordnik.com. [To the Top of Half Dome and Beyond] Reference
But to reach particular target cells, axons follow chemical cues strewn along their path. From Wordnik.com. [Your Child's Brain] Reference
The Doura shop was closed, another debris-strewn relic of an Iraq that may no longer exist. From Wordnik.com. [NO MORE ILLUSIONS] Reference
The bottom of the pool was strewn with handguns stripped from refugees by the Marine guards. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Days Of Saigon] Reference
Today, on a beach strewn with bits of rusted hull, Chinese workers are breaking the ship apart. From Wordnik.com. [Where Pirates Still Sail] Reference
By then the rear half of the car was strewn with severely wounded riders -- a rolling abattoir. From Wordnik.com. [Death Ride] Reference
Foreign investors are pulling out, leaving unfinished hotels and a rubble-strewn lot outside the Traders. From Wordnik.com. [Burma's Men Of Gold] Reference
On the outskirts of Monrovia, four bullet-riddled bodies were strewn in the grass on the side of the road. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Days Of A Bloody Regime] Reference
A congressional delegation to CIA headquarters last week reported that mattresses were strewn on the floors. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
Today about a third of them live in southern Turkey; the rest are strewn across parts of Syria, Iraq and Iran. From Wordnik.com. ['The Kurds Are Suffering'] Reference
Harrington led another toward a vast field of dirt, strewn with hubcaps, empty barrels and rusting scrap metal. From Wordnik.com. [Digging Up The Dirt] Reference
The blast blew out the windows of a nearby pharmacy, leaving glass and medicine packets strewn across the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Afghan Minister Escapes Assassination Bid] Reference
Two weeks ago ATC start - ed limited production, and the company's small lab is already strewn with the devices. From Wordnik.com. [Hearing Is Believing] Reference
Lugo gestures to the other kid on the sidewalk, face still blank as a mask, his pockets strewn over the car hood. From Wordnik.com. [Books: “Lush Life”] Reference
In this new-yet-old cold war, Florida is the DMZ, a rubble-strewn free-fire zone neither party can afford to lose. From Wordnik.com. [Unsettled Scores] Reference
The Field family history is strewn with divorces and mental illness, with deaths suspiciously resembling suicides. From Wordnik.com. [Field Marshal] Reference
After the bank seized it, he began living on the back porch, with his clothes and belongings strewn around the yard. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting Foreclosures] Reference
If it turns out to be as good as Rausing hopes, it could go a long way toward easing the problems of a litter-strewn world. From Wordnik.com. [The Incredible Vanishing Plastic Eggshell] Reference
The fuselage was discovered on the hillside, with the bodies of all 35 passengers strewn among the boulders and heavy brush. From Wordnik.com. [American Odyssey] Reference
Outside, she says, many houses were on fire; the charred bodies of 10 male neighbors lay strewn about in several courtyards. From Wordnik.com. [A Family's Terrifying Odyssey] Reference
The ground is strewn with literally millions of uncharted mines and booby traps, usually covered with snow at this time of year. From Wordnik.com. [Learning About War The Hard Way] Reference
Potts -- accompanied by NEWSWEEK -- had traveled to this debris-strewn pile of dirt after a tantalizing tip from a nervous informant. From Wordnik.com. [Digging Up The Dirt] Reference
As for cluster bombs, half the warheads are designed not to explode on impact but to remain strewn around to kill curious children later. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: An Unequal War] Reference
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