strewed

verb

past tense of strew
as in sprayed
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on sidewalks strewed with trash left by the parade watchers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strewed
  1. sprayed
  2. sprinkled
  3. dotted
Verb
  • According to OnScene Media, numerous protesters were pushed and pepper-sprayed.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Activist Sisi Rose said two protesters were sprayed directly and two others were affected.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of sprayed
Verb
  • One late-October morning, in a large prep space hidden from view of the dining room, Hope the Mission senior director of food services Jason Moniz sprinkled salt onto oversized peanut butter cookies.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • With its tender texture, it can be used as a base for salads, added to pasta, sprinkled over top of a pizza, or turned into pesto.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of sprinkled
Verb
  • The mountains around him are dotted with argan, carob, and olive trees as well as tufts of thyme and cypress.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The final stop on the circuit is Karaman-Ata, where a seven-hectare necropolis stretches across a low, open plot of desert dotted with funerary monuments, some more than 1,000 years old.
    — Avantika Chaturvedi, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of dotted
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“Strewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strewed. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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