strewn
Example Sentences
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Framed pictures are stacked up against one wall; an ironing board is propped up in a corner; several bags, half-filled and open, lie strewn around.
From Literature
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Her eyes widened a moment later when she noticed the mess of papers strewn across the floor.
From Literature
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Instead, they were strewn about the rooms he frequented, available for him to play whenever the urge struck him.
From Los Angeles Times
These newly recognized specimens, called geraisites after the state of Minas Gerais where they were first found, form a previously unknown strewn field.
From Science Daily
This matters most because ambiguity over his goal has been repeatedly questioned in Congress and the path to it is strewn with the greatest risks of all.
From BBC
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