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

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 MacKenzie, Compton

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 Couperus, Louis

"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