strew
verb (used with object)
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle.
is strewing
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present progressiveof strew (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A wondrous youth of lovely mien Rich gifts of joy is strewing; O'er hill and vale, where'er are seen His footsteps, light is glowing.
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
When the year, itself renewing, All the world with flowers is strewing, Then through Youth's Arcadian land, Love and song go hand in hand.
From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by William Dean Howells
"Why, 'tis springtime in here," cried Cappen, "and Primavera herself is strewing flowers of love."
From The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul William Anderson
Well, Langdon Chester is strewing the roses thick enough.
From Ann Boyd by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
With one cold relentless palm she threatens to take from Anthony, who hath not, even that which he hath: with the other she is strewing blossoms upon what is to be his path.
From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
