Example Sentences

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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

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

I suffered them yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, when I was strewing manure.

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz

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 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

The woman was strewing paper bags and orange-peel around her in a fine disorder, while she thriftily packed the remains of their meal in a basket.

From Audrey Craven by Sinclair, May