verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
wreckage is strewn/scattered/spread
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The wreckage was strewn over a large area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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Odd pieces of broken and split machinery were strewn about or propped against the walls.
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There was socialist literature strewn about .
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Diving below the dusky water's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor.
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Information baubles and still usable pop-culture tidbits are strewn about .
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And there are flowers in their hair and loose yellow flowers strewn about under their bare feet on the ground.
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We were at a little secluded cove, with large boulders strewn about , the debris of some long-past hillside.
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The 1995 team saw body parts strewn about callously by the robbers in their mad quest for anything of value.
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All the signs of this malaise are here, strewn about like empty Guinness cans on a Sunday morning.
around
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It's not so much the snow; more the salt that gets strewn around .
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The land was flatter here and there were fewer boulders strewn around .
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There were clothes strewn around on the floor.
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The interior of the stricken aircraft was chaotic, with the passengers' belongings strewn around clogging the gangway.
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There are also diamonds strewn around the landscape: collecting 100 earns Turry a continue-play.
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Depleted uranium shells used by the Allies are strewn around .
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Houshold rubbish and builders waste strewn around some of the most picturesque parts of the forest.
over
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The wreckage was strewn over an area of 150-yard radius, confirming the official's description.
■ NOUN
clothes
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The room was strewn with clothes and shoes and bags and stank like a school cloakroom.
floor
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Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia.
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I followed him to a room in which bundles of magazines lay strewn on the floor .
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The lilac tablecloths were still strewn across the floor where they had been pulled to the ground.
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Lots of half-chewed Yorkie plastic distractions are strewn across the floor .
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There were clothes strewn around on the floor .
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I picked my way through the remains of the cat biryani strewed across the floor .
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Empty food dishes were strewn across the floor and two milk bottles were in the bath, one full of solidified milk.
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Champagne bottles were strewn about the floor .
path
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Have you any tips to help me or warnings of difficulties that strew my path ?
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Crises will strew his path to test his mettle.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia.
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Diving below the dusky water's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor.
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I went into the bedroom first and saw all the drawers pulled out, the clothes strewn everywhere.
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Now, outside tightly packed row houses in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, the streets are strewn with debris.
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Odd pieces of broken and split machinery were strewn about or propped against the walls.
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Scabbards, broken arms, artillery horses, wrecks of gun carriages, and bloody garments strewed the scene.
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There was socialist literature strewn about.