Strew
verb
To scatter or spread things around a place or area.
The kids had strewn toys all over the living room.
Often appears as...
- strew flowers
- strew seeds
verb
To be present everywhere in a place.
His belongings were strewn across the apartment.
Often appears as...
- strew across
- strew throughout
verb
To scatter or spread things around a place or area.
The kids had strewn toys all over the living room.
Often appears as...
- strew flowers
- strew seeds
verb
To be present everywhere in a place.
His belongings were strewn across the apartment.
Often appears as...
- strew across
- strew throughout
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'strew' to create a mental picture of items scattered about.
Leaves were strewn across the park pathway, painting a colorful autumn scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional Action
'Strew' can imply that the scattering was done with intent, not always randomly.
The florist strewn petals down the aisle before the wedding.
Pro Tip 3/3Messy Connotation
Using 'strew' may suggest a disorganized or untidy state.
After the party, the floor was strewn with confetti and empty cups.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'strew' to create a mental picture of items scattered about.
Leaves were strewn across the park pathway, painting a colorful autumn scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional Action
'Strew' can imply that the scattering was done with intent, not always randomly.
The florist strewn petals down the aisle before the wedding.
Pro Tip 3/3Messy Connotation
Using 'strew' may suggest a disorganized or untidy state.
After the party, the floor was strewn with confetti and empty cups.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'strew' to create a mental picture of items scattered about.
Leaves were strewn across the park pathway, painting a colorful autumn scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional Action
'Strew' can imply that the scattering was done with intent, not always randomly.
The florist strewn petals down the aisle before the wedding.
Pro Tip 3/3Messy Connotation
Using 'strew' may suggest a disorganized or untidy state.
After the party, the floor was strewn with confetti and empty cups.
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Video examples
Which bag should you...
what kind of bag should you use? If you’ve seen the images of plastic bags strewn across the ocean, it might seem obvious that plastic is bad for the environment. Surely a paper bag or a cotton tote would be the better option. But is that really true? Each of these three materials has a unique environmental impact
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Combating Darfur...
disturbing thing that I've ever seen I saw girls that had their hands bound by makeshift handcuffs huddled together and burned alive men strewn all over the village burned alive only because they were trying to protect their family the entire village lay in ashes if these photos were released to the public
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The myth of Oisín and...
it felt as if a shadow had fallen over the world. On the hill where his father's palace lay, he saw only a ruin strewn with weeds. His calls for his friends and family echoed from derelict walls. Horrified, Oisín rode until he came upon a group of peasants working in the fields.
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Let's clean up the space...
Now, it's a useless hunk of metal taking up space in a valuable transportation network. And imagine international roadways all cluttered with broken down vehicles that are just getting in the way of other traffic. And imagine the debris that would be strewn everywhere
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Clearing the Yard PIPE Life...
my friends willing to help me right now that's huge because this job that it's doing for me is not something that I could do myself I don't own a piece of machinery I've got way too many dogs that just have dogs strewn all over the place in the woods tripping holes
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Hendrik Poinar: Bring...
Fortunately, we find millions of their remains strewn across the permafrost buried deep in Siberia and Alaska, and we can actually go up there and actually take them out. And the preservation is, again, like those insects in, phenomenal.
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Bare Bones PIPE National...
are strewn throughout the body strong enough to support up to 20 times our body weight light enough to defy gravity however briefly flexible enough to absorb unfathomable impacts and connect it in such a way so as to provide a
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The evolution of the...
strewn with these little signs of the tension between the desire to be comprehensible and the limitations of the technology available at the time something as small as the dot on an eye symbolizes how technology influences
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The tragic myth of the...
strewing Phaethon’s likeness in the stars. Overcome by grief, Helios had hidden himself from the sky. But he soon returned, and every day from then on, as he raced through the heavens, he greeted his son.
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Caged Orangutan Rescued...
cramped rubbish strewn cage he's he's an idols he must be around 12 up probably he was caught in the wild and in brother and he grew up in this case which we did disappear home for many years
Video examples
Which bag should you...
what kind of bag should you use? If you’ve seen the images of plastic bags strewn across the ocean, it might seem obvious that plastic is bad for the environment. Surely a paper bag or a cotton tote would be the better option. But is that really true? Each of these three materials has a unique environmental impact
Video examples
Combating Darfur...
disturbing thing that I've ever seen I saw girls that had their hands bound by makeshift handcuffs huddled together and burned alive men strewn all over the village burned alive only because they were trying to protect their family the entire village lay in ashes if these photos were released to the public
Video examples
The myth of Oisín and...
it felt as if a shadow had fallen over the world. On the hill where his father's palace lay, he saw only a ruin strewn with weeds. His calls for his friends and family echoed from derelict walls. Horrified, Oisín rode until he came upon a group of peasants working in the fields.
Video examples
Let's clean up the space...
Now, it's a useless hunk of metal taking up space in a valuable transportation network. And imagine international roadways all cluttered with broken down vehicles that are just getting in the way of other traffic. And imagine the debris that would be strewn everywhere
Video examples
Clearing the Yard PIPE Life...
my friends willing to help me right now that's huge because this job that it's doing for me is not something that I could do myself I don't own a piece of machinery I've got way too many dogs that just have dogs strewn all over the place in the woods tripping holes
Video examples
Hendrik Poinar: Bring...
Fortunately, we find millions of their remains strewn across the permafrost buried deep in Siberia and Alaska, and we can actually go up there and actually take them out. And the preservation is, again, like those insects in, phenomenal.
Video examples
Bare Bones PIPE National...
are strewn throughout the body strong enough to support up to 20 times our body weight light enough to defy gravity however briefly flexible enough to absorb unfathomable impacts and connect it in such a way so as to provide a
Video examples
The evolution of the...
strewn with these little signs of the tension between the desire to be comprehensible and the limitations of the technology available at the time something as small as the dot on an eye symbolizes how technology influences
Video examples
The tragic myth of the...
strewing Phaethon’s likeness in the stars. Overcome by grief, Helios had hidden himself from the sky. But he soon returned, and every day from then on, as he raced through the heavens, he greeted his son.
Video examples
Caged Orangutan Rescued...
cramped rubbish strewn cage he's he's an idols he must be around 12 up probably he was caught in the wild and in brother and he grew up in this case which we did disappear home for many years
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Quote examples
Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
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Madam C. J. Walker
American Activist
There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
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Arthur Koestler
Hungarian Novelist
The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
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Walter Bagehot
English Author
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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J Allard
American Scientist
Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
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Owen King
American Author
My personal history is strewn with massive errors in judgment. They're all precious to me.
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Ralph W. Sockman
American Leader
The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.
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Peter McWilliams
American Writer
The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.
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H. G. Wells
English Author
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
Quote examples
Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
Quote examples
Madam C. J. Walker
American Activist
There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights.
Quote examples
Virginia Woolf
British Author
It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
Quote examples
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian Novelist
The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
Quote examples
Walter Bagehot
English Author
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
Quote examples
J Allard
American Scientist
Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
Quote examples
Owen King
American Author
My personal history is strewn with massive errors in judgment. They're all precious to me.
Quote examples
Ralph W. Sockman
American Leader
The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.
Quote examples
Peter McWilliams
American Writer
The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.
Quote examples
H. G. Wells
English Author
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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