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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

Marcia had unpacked her trunk, which stood open in the hall beside their door, and had strewed her belongings about as freely as though she had expected to occupy the room alone.

From Briarwood Girls by Glover, Julia Lestarjette

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 Rambles in Dickens' Land by Allbut, Robert

He did not show a sign of embarrassment, but only held out his open hand, in which lay all the pieces of papyrus, which Amram had strewed as he went.

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August