strewed
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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
As are the old-fashioned words — like “martinet,” “popinjay” and “annealed” — that Galloway sprinkles through the text, the way Leigh strewed the beloved posies from her various country estates.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
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
Lavinia’s room; and strewed about it things he had never seen before—stays, kerchiefs, patchboxes, ribbons, fripperies.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
