Example Sentences

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And Proserpina will strew the flowers of foam that I may never see more—and then she will gather me.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James

Thou shalt sow the earth with corn, and I will strew it with ashes.

From Eighth Reader by Baldwin, James

"Youthful citizens will strew flowers at each station, fathers will embrace their children and mothers turn their eyes upward to heaven."

From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John

Night will strew On the damp grass myriads of lingering leaves, And with them shall I die; nor much it grieves To die, when summer dies on the cold sward.

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John

In whatever tree I may hide the box, I will strew wood ashes for some yards in a straight line towards it. 

From Erewhon Revisited by Butler, Samuel