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

Those who go in knowing the outcomes of the AEC proceedings and Strauss’ Cabinet bid will see past the red herrings that Nolan occasionally strews across the path of history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 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

Her descriptions of food, decor, and clothing are precise: the way Kristin strews juniper and flowers on the floor to prepare for guests, and her blue-violet leather shoes “stitched with silver and rose-color stones.”

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2017

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

Homes for rabbit, mouse, and mole, When winter strews the ground; But mother's arms for baby dear The whole year round!

From The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various

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

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

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

After being allowed to return home, the pair saw the van doors had been "blown off" and their contents emptied, with water butts and oil drums strewn on the ground.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

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

There was nothing in that direction but broken pavement, strewn with weeds and trash the Bear Clan Patrol didn’t let the youths clean up.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

Climbing over fallen redwoods strewing the road after one of the toughest storms in March, I realized that my climate grief presents as numbness, disgust, fury and despair.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2023

The most bizarre tactic involves dismantling a black feather boa and strewing the loose feathers about to simulate a crow casualty.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022

And now Nestor, strewing the barley grains, and water drops, pronounced his invocation to Athena and burned a pinch of bristles from the victim.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer