strew
verb (used with object)
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle.
have strewed
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present perfectof strew.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Saxon kings have strewed their palaces From Thames to Tyne.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan
Oh, best and dearest of fathers," said she, "you have strewed with flowers the path of life for me.
From The Basket of Flowers by Watson Charlton
They have strewed my solitary path with flowers, and gemmed my sky with stars.
From The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights by Catherine H. Birney
Bounteous nature seems here to have strewed her favors with a lavish hand, and to have held out every inducement for civilized man to occupy it.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
"You have strewed dust on your head, you have eaten filth."
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
