strew
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Synonyms
bestrew, dot, pepper, scatter, sow, spot, spray, sprinkle
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Baz Luhrmann, the Australian film director known for his more-is-more aesthetic, sat in a Manhattan recording studio one recent Tuesday afternoon, at a table strewn with sheet music and water bottles. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, "Baz Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge!” Mega Mashup," 26 Aug. 2019 Protesters responded by throwing bricks and other objects toward the police, leaving the space in between them strewn with bricks. — BostonGlobe.com, "Police, protesters skirmish in Hong Kong after pro-democracy march," 25 Aug. 2019 The Von Braun’s living areas are bland and sterile, strewn with potted plants and art screens that cycle between a handful of fuzzy paintings. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "System Shock 2 helped define survival horror — but it’s still in a league of its own," 11 Aug. 2019 Videos circulating online after the mayhem show the police trying to gain control of a chaotic and sprawling crime scene full of residents and strewn with food containers, bottles, chairs and tables. — New York Times, "They Were Singing ‘Family Reunion’ at a Block Party. Then Gunmen Opened Fire.," 28 July 2019 The sight of tables strewn with yesterday's news at the Seattle coffee chain is a thing of the past as well. — CBS News, "Starbucks to stop selling newspapers: Bring your own NYT or WSJ," 12 July 2019 Livid oceans pound against rock ledges strewn with penguins. — Author: Sebastian Smee, Anchorage Daily News, "Are nature documentaries the greatest art of our time?," 10 July 2019 The excellent brigand’s hat pasta, strewn with meaty honeycombs of wild morel mushrooms and withered ramps in springtime, turns into a more keenly aromatic dish by June: now it’s chanterelle mushrooms lathered in basil-intensive butter. — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, "Spago at middle age: Is Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant still relevant?," 27 June 2019 Piles of litter and twisted wreckage dotted the blackened in landscape strewn with bodies of both Germans and Americans. — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, "ALLIES GAIN IN NAZI-MADE FLOODS," 9 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'strew.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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