strew
verb (used with object)
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle.
were 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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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
Over the wharf was an arch of most lovely flowers, and five hundred little girls were strewing the roads with orange blossoms.
From The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Constance Cary Harrison
Every blade of grass in the dingy squares of Camden Town was of emerald, and gardeners were strewing the paths with bright orange gravel.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
With gusts of wind, the branches, madly arrogant, shook off their exuberance of sere and yellow leaves, as if they were strewing the paths with silver and gold and rustling notes.
From Psyche by Louis Couperus
