were strewing
- past progressive of strew.
Example Sentences
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Both were strewing acorns, but the chestnut oak’s had matured in one season.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2015
In the infinitesimal glow of the stars, the trees and flowers were strewing their cool odors.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
"Marc'antonio!" she called to one of the three men, who by this time had finished plaiting the litter and were strewing it with fern.
From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
“They were strewing flowers on the graves of departed missionaries.”
From Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder by Bangs, John Kendrick
Dead horses were strewing the plain with their swollen carcasses.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
