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bestrew
[ bih-stroo ]
verb (used with object)
, be·strewed, be·strewed or be·strewn, be·strew·ing.
- to strew or cover (a surface).
- to strew or scatter about.
- to lie scattered over.
bestrew
/ bɪˈstruː /
verb
- tr to scatter or lie scattered over (a surface)
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Lafayette Square, bestrewed with garbage and covered with graffiti, looked terrible in the images that emerged, and the president didn’t look much better.
From Washington Post
Why, Daedalus wondered, are the world’s cities bestrewed with graffiti even though scientists, years ago, had perfected the porcelain enamel surfaces that make self-cleaning ovens possible?
From New York Times
Tears will bedew, if wigs do not bestrew the green.”
From Washington Post
Some he depicted as he saw them, bestrewn with marble stumps and fallen capitals.
From New York Times
More than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, concrete security barriers still bestrew the east side of 23rd Street NW.
From Washington Post
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