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On this page you'll find 4 example sentences with Strew. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as straw or spread and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Strew in a sentence

Related words

Strew | Strewn | Strewing | Strews | Strewed

Strew meaning

  1. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
  2. To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
  3. To spread abroad; to disseminate.

Synonyms of Strew

straw spread distribute cover spread over

Related words

Other words often associated with Strew or its synonyms:

circulate hide covert move adjoin shuck tube insure travel prepared yellow hiding

Using Strew

  • The main meaning on this page is: To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. | To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered. | To spread abroad; to disseminate.
  • Useful related words include: straw, spread, distribute, cover.
  • In the example corpus, strew often appears in combinations such as: strew flowers.

Context around Strew

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

white 1×

Often after:

flowers 2× heading 1×

Sentence patterns with Strew

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

garbage and strew it everywhere 1× in a strew heading to 1× in white strew flowers while 1× unlikely to strew flowers in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at houses and 1× landlords were dealing 1× people walk past 1×

Common sentence endings:

and traditional tunes 1× any other invader 1× feb 28 2014 1× strew it everywhere 1×

Words around Strew

Just before it in the word index:

strever 2 streveler 13 streusel 5 stretton 10 stretto 4 stretta 3

Just after it in the word index:

strewed 2 strewing 3 strewn 226 strews 3 streymoy 2 stria 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Strew

  • In this selection, "strew" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, white, flowers and heading stand out and add context to how "strew" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include garbage and strew it everywhere and in a strew heading to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "strew" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with strew

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

People walk past a barricade in a strew heading to Kyiv’s Independence Square in Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. (20 words)

Landlords were dealing with drug dens, tenants who deface the community with front yard junk piles, people who go through the garbage and strew it everywhere. (26 words)

At houses and churches, young girls dressed in white strew flowers, while singing the day's antiphon Hosanna Filio David using the vernacular and traditional tunes. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Not only were the weapons experts discounted, but the Iraq experts – whose concerns for Iraq’s history and culture were ignored, along with their warnings that Iraqis were unlikely to strew flowers in the path of the US, or any other, invader. (42 words)

Landlords were dealing with drug dens, tenants who deface the community with front yard junk piles, people who go through the garbage and strew it everywhere. (26 words)

At houses and churches, young girls dressed in white strew flowers, while singing the day's antiphon Hosanna Filio David using the vernacular and traditional tunes. (26 words)

Example sentences (4)

Not only were the weapons experts discounted, but the Iraq experts – whose concerns for Iraq’s history and culture were ignored, along with their warnings that Iraqis were unlikely to strew flowers in the path of the US, or any other, invader.

People walk past a barricade in a strew heading to Kyiv’s Independence Square in Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014.

Landlords were dealing with drug dens, tenants who deface the community with front yard junk piles, people who go through the garbage and strew it everywhere.

At houses and churches, young girls dressed in white strew flowers, while singing the day's antiphon Hosanna Filio David using the vernacular and traditional tunes.

Common combinations with strew

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "strew" in a sentence?
An example: "Not only were the weapons experts discounted, but the Iraq experts – whose concerns for Iraq’s history and culture were ignored, along with their warnings that Iraqis were unlikely to strew flowers in the path of the US, or any other, invader." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "strew" from authentic English texts.
What does "strew" mean?
Strew means: To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
What are synonyms of "strew"?
Common synonyms of "strew" include: straw, spread, distribute, cover, spread over.
How many example sentences with "strew" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "strew", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.