had strewed
- past perfect of strew.
Example Sentences
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A frowzy mourning of soot and smoke attired this forlorn creation of Barnard, and it had strewed ashes on its head, and was undergoing penance and humiliation as a mere dust-hole.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 28, 2016
He returned to the rear of the cabin, where he had strewed leaves for his couch.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
Then gave ye to the languishing, Life's waters from a new-born spring; Twice was the youth of time renewed, Twice, from the seeds that ye had strewed.
From The Poems of Schiller — Second period by Schiller, Friedrich
He had strewed the deck with various articles which he had brought up, only to be peremptorily rejected.
From Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake by Fenn, George Manville
So when noon came Grethel shared her bread with Hansel, who had strewed his along the road.
From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Crane, Lucy
