strew

We strew waste across the Earth from our industrialized societies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023

A large section of the building facade is missing along its roofline, with rubble strew across the road below.

From BBC ● May 1, 2023

Disturbed by statistics on Italian emigration that swelled to 84,000 in 1884 alone, Scalabrini wrote that the mass emigration and separation of families would “help strew white the lands of America with their bones.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

The interior of the Subaru looked like a college dorm room at the end of finals — food wrappers, half-packed bags and road strew cluttering every quadrant.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022

So I offered to fetch fresh lavender to strew in Gertrude’s bedchamber, and that night I knelt again on the ground, gathering the silvery, purple-tipped fronds of lavender into my arms.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Then junior year comes along and strews the floor with trip wires that forces entire families to navigate them all in a fog of perpetual exhaustion and hastily prepared and erratically timed meals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

Liontas strews her own prose with aborted explanations: “Litza knew not to suggest that they drive together, so.”

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2015

He bustles on in curls and bosom and bonnet as another relative, a grasping woman married to a pig farmer, who strews gifts of bacon and sausage around.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2014

In Act 2, rubble from the wrecked proscenium strews the stage, the remnants of the Minstrels' Hall in the Wartburg castle, where Tannhaeuser takes part in a song contest.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2010

Let them toil on, and remember that God is a worker, and strews infinity with revolving worlds!

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by W. H. (William Henry) Rhodes

Elvis' actual house is smaller than you'd think and kinda gives off grandpa vibes with the overly carpeted rooms and hallways, and bric-a-brac strewed about.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2023

There are no photos, no books, no papers strewed about on the white counter that serves as a desk.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2021

“He left the field strewed with Army tacklers who had a shot at him and came up empty-handed,” sports columnist Shirley Povich wrote in The Post.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2019

Inside the school playground, an armor-plated bulldozer scooped up debris, then strewed it over a space cleared in the center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2019

Rosaleen let me bring it home, right into the living room, where I strewed a box of Quaker Oats on the floor for it to eat and she didn’t raise a word of protest.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Verified footage of the aftermath showed smoke rising between rubble and warped metal strewn across the ground where buildings had been destroyed.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

"The theatre came up in the 1970s... I was so happy when it opened," said Manjunath, watching as seats were ripped out and strewn outside.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The speech was strewn with falsehoods that must have appalled even sympathetic listeners in the chamber.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Later, the vehicle was removed and a gaping hole was visible in the Metro bus’ side, with wreckage strewn around the scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

All the bags were opened and clothing was strewn around.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

The Hercules aircraft went down shortly after departure from Puerto Leguizamo, near the southern border with Ecuador, strewing burning wreckage on the jungle floor.

From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026

The storm brought fierce winds and drove surging seawater miles inland, strewing the area with fallen trees, power lines and debris.

From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2023

Instead of just placing your gourds on your coffee table or strewing them about randomly through your space, think like a designer and take the opportunity to get a little creative.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

Thousands more cheered, many strewing flowers in the path of her glass-topped hearse, as the queen’s coffin was driven to Windsor Castle, where she was buried next to her husband, Prince Philip.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

In the infinitesimal glow of the stars, the trees and flowers were strewing their cool odors.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath