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Some he depicted as he saw them, bestrewn with marble stumps and fallen capitals.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2017

What had set me off on this track, a track that became narrower and narrower and finally petered out in a field bestrewn with burdocks and cow pats?

From The Guardian Jun. 22, 2013

London is bestrewn, to my sense, with reminders of his happy career here, and his company and his talk.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James

There is a rude engraving of the author for frontispiece, title in red letter, a tedious preface, and the text is plentifully bestrewn with Latin and Greek quotations.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies

It seemed to have no end, but disappeared deep in the thicket, and, as far as they could see, it was all bestrewn with similar treasures.

From The King of Root Valley and his curious daughter by T. von Oer




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