bestrew
verb (used with object)
to strew or cover (a surface).
bestrewing
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present participleof bestrew.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Morning dawned so calm and clear that but for the swimming ground and the broken tiles bestrewing it, the priest would have thought he had dreamed a terrible nightmare.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
He conveyed the impression that the collection of documents, books, telephones, and other paraphernalia bestrewing his table had reduced him to a state of stupor.
From Dope by Rohmer, Sax
Till then it would be well for you to seek of the wisdom of Merlin guidance to overcome the dangers bestrewing your path.’
From The Red Romance Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
More perilous even than these animals, to the wanderer in the forest, are the innumerable serpents that lurk beneath the accumulation of dead leaves bestrewing the ground.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
"Thou dost know that the china-packer comes early to-morrow morn, and that e'en now the barrels and boxes and excelsior are bestrewing the dining room?"
From Mother Carey's Chickens by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
