Bestrew

Word BESTREW
Character 7
Hyphenation be strew
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Definitions and meanings of "Bestrew"

What do we mean by bestrew?

To strew (a surface) with things so as to cover it. transitive verb

To lie scattered over or about. transitive verb

To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.

To strew anything upon; cover or partially cover with things strewn or scattered.

To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. transitive verb

To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there. verb

To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing. verb

Cover by strewing verb

To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.

To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.

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The word "bestrew" in example sentences

The trouble is that the way they respond to the temptations that bestrew the path of a political hopeful sexual, financial, whatever, are indicative of the kind of person they are, and the kind of leader they will make. ❋ Unknown (2012)

If you want to place John McCain in the White House, you should continue to obsess about and bestrew the blogosphere with your obsessions about John Edwards. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The glen was beginning to bestrew itself with want of light, instead of shadows; and bushy places thickened with the imperceptible growth of night. ❋ Richard Doddridge (2004)

The leaves might bestrew him, and the soil gradually accumulate and form a little hillock over his frame, no matter whether there were life in it or no. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Sure, hearing about your friends buying rings or planning their big day has been a heart-wrenching affair for me, but by the time I get to their weddings, all sadness will bestrew itself into smithereens. ❋ Natinski (2002)

As one contemplates the difficulties that bestrew this course, one realizes that, come what may, Barry Goldwater has already left a deep scar on our political system: this self-proclaimed "conservative" is within a hair's breadth of ruining one of our great and long-standing institutions. ❋ Hofstadter, Richard (1964)

All the discrepancies which bestrew ordinary life are absent. ❋ Irwin Edman (N/A)

Crush'd hopes, like withered leaves, bestrew thy way! ❋ Various (N/A)

Mindanáo, and stands like a mighty watchtower over the thousands and thousands of Mañgguáñgan and Manóbo graves that bestrew the lonely forest from Libagánon to the Agúsan. ❋ John M. Garvan (N/A)

What a hecatomb of mouldering bones would bestrew those fields of ice! ❋ Various (N/A)

The pitfalls that bestrew their path are still numerous. ❋ 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi (1927)

On the day of the raise in salary his sister got the children to bed and straightened up the litter of small garments that seemed always to bestrew the house, even to the lower floor. ❋ Mary Roberts Rinehart (1917)

Children climb about its walls and windows; cockneys scratch their names, and picnic parties bestrew the grass with paper. ❋ Eric Parker (1912)

Later ages view the matter as of no importance; and the lives that are lost in the struggle are as forgotten as the multitudinous leaves which bestrew the ground of an autumnal forest. ❋ Edgar Lee Masters (1909)

The males alone are incurably careless, and will impudently bestrew the surface of the comb with their droppings, which the workers are obliged to sweep as they hasten behind them. ❋ Maurice Maeterlinck (1905)

The trees bestrew the ground or have disappeared, torn away, their stumps mangled. ❋ Henri Barbusse (1904)

She might just as well give it Withers, for she could no longer wear it herself, or tear the poppies from the hem and bestrew the High ❋ Unknown (1903)

"How terrible!" cried the sympathetic Olivetta, pushing into place a few of the inconstant hairpins that threatened to bestrew the floor. ❋ Leroy Scott (1902)

To fit themselves for life, and with a special eye to acquire the art of smoking, it was even common for the boys to harbour there; and you might have seen a single penny pickwick, honestly shared in lengths with a blunt knife, bestrew the glen with these apprentices. ❋ Unknown (1892)

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