strewn
adjective
covered or overspread with something scattered or sprinkled (used in combination).
strewed
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a variation of
strewn.
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past participleof strew.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
strewverb (used with object)to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle. -
past tense formof strew.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
strewverb (used with object)to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle.
Example Sentences
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Elvis' actual house is smaller than you'd think and kinda gives off grandpa vibes with the overly carpeted rooms and hallways, and bric-a-brac strewed about.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2023
The stage: just a shelf strewed with rubble.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
As are the old-fashioned words — like “martinet,” “popinjay” and “annealed” — that Galloway sprinkles through the text, the way Leigh strewed the beloved posies from her various country estates.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
“He left the field strewed with Army tacklers who had a shot at him and came up empty-handed,” sports columnist Shirley Povich wrote in The Post.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2019
Nelson raked a pan of cold ashes out of the stove, and together we strewed them all around the hard-pan-dirt yard outside the chicken house.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
