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strew - use in sentences
Object
- boulder: The pair bolted up the walls of the large boulder strewn passage near the main junction.
- rubble: We had to drive through many floods seeing a washed up vehicle and tons of rocks and rubble strewn across the roads.
- hillside: Park here and walk up the grassy boulder and rock strewn hillside to look for the 3 key birds of this area.
- litter: Finally we wish to thank Bob Everly, local beach warden, without whom Sand Bay would be litter strewn.
- rubbish: However there was still much rubbish strewn around the site.
- debris: At Bodega Bay on November 29th at least 100 fed on debris strewn over the beach by the storm.
Preposition: on
- floor: In the bathroom the tub is filled with dark liquid, clothes strewn about on floor.
Preposition: over
- floor: Straw was strewn over the floor at the farther end.
Modifying Another Word
- liberally: Thick carpet lay underfoot and cushions were strewn liberally over the floor.
- everywhere: They lay in a muddy field, bodies strewn everywhere.
- about: In the bathroom the tub is filled with dark liquid, clothes strewn about on floor.
- all: The remains of the factory gate were strewn all over the bottom of the mountain of rubble.
Preposition: across
- floor: Ten minutes later with your dirty laundry strewn across the airport floor you find them!
Preposition: with
- boulder: We stumbled like idiots along 100m of passage strewn with huge boulders without once seeing the roof.
- debris: Past a spacious chamber on the left through a low stony scramble into an unpleasant crawling passage strewn with flood debris.
- straw: The floor area of the pen may be bare concrete or wood, or possibly strewn with straw or shavings.
- litter: Places that are strewn with litter and rotting rubbish attract vermin and disease.
- rubbish: The descent can be damp and the base is strewn with rubbish.
- obstacle: The path to grace, however, is strewn with obstacles.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: There was a cellar down below which the lads were covering with old blankets they had found strewn around.
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