strew
verb (used with object)
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle.
had strewn
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past perfectof strew.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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One activist was dressed as a Nutcracker; another had strewn multicolored lights around her sign.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2019
Her young sons, Dmitri and Nikolai, were playing outdoors, and Ingraham sent word that they should clean up the balls and pumps they had strewn about the garage of their gated Northern Virginia mansion.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2017
Moroni stumbled through the bricks, wood and tree limbs the storm had strewn across the town, finding her parents with the help of a man she calls Mr. Tippy.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2017
On my last visit I ate the most exquisite hand-chopped steak tartare, which he had strewn with mustard flowers.
From Newsweek
We spent the entire night sifting through our belongings, which the firemen had strewn around the bedroom or had gotten wet as they’d tried to fight the fire.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
