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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

Advancing age has done nothing but strew bouquets of honor, love and admiration on Plácido Domingo, L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2016

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

Mr. Portale’s risotto is done carbonara-style, and he strews cilantro instead of the more-typical basil on another dish.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2019

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

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2015

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

No voice is heard that charmed their earthly road: Around their desolate and last abode The blast that swept them to the earth yet raves, And strews with havoc their insulted graves.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan

Mud and rocks had exploded through their garage, leaving its contents strewed down the hill in the grime filling the mouths of storm drains.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

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

The stage: just a shelf strewed with rubble.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

“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

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

Homendy said she walked the path of destruction, seeing the tire marks cut through the grass outside the runway—and navigation equipment, air bags and fencing strewn over the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The dogs’ sleeping quarters are modeled after the park’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, with its fort-like corridors made of sun-dried brick, the walls strewn with overgrown jungle vines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Videos posted on social media showed debris strewn on the street and some damage to cars in the popular tourist city.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Bush's victims sobbed in court as prosecutors outlined the "chaotic conditions" in the funeral home, which was strewn with rubbish and family photographs.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Besides, the whole area is strewn with land mines.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

An infestation of bark beetles a few years ago killed a large number of drought-weakened trees, felling them and strewing their parched carcasses on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

On this he rose and placed the bed of balsam near the fire, strewing sheepskins on top, and skins of goats.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer