strew
verb (used with object)
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle.
was strewing
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past progressiveof strew.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When she came back from talking to the invisibilities, Brave Orchid saw that her sister was strewing the room.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Carmelita Montiel, a twenty-year-old virgin, had just bathed in orange-blossom water and was strewing rosemary leaves on Pilar Ternera's bed when the shot rang out.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I suffered them yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, when I was strewing manure.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
But there were flowers too from Katerina Ivanovna, and when Alyosha opened the door, the captain had a bunch in his trembling hands and was strewing them again over his dear boy.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
All the way up that wearisome ascent he was strewing his steps with the dead leaves of his illusions.
From A Romance of Wastdale by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
