Used in a Sentence

strewn

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for strewn.

Editorial note

What makes things a pain on Linux is applications have parts strewn all over the filesystem.

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Quick take

being distributed here and there without order

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of strewn gathered in one view.

adjective

being distributed here and there without order

adjective

(used with `with' or in combination) covered by or as if by something scattered over or on

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for strewn.

adjective

(used with `with' or in combination) covered by or as if by something scattered over or on

Example sentences

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What makes things a pain on Linux is applications have parts strewn all over the filesystem.

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And then there were a bunch of bicycles strewn out across the campus, mostly toppled over, for no explicable reason.

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It is still churning more of the low quality, info lacking and grammar error strewn articles.

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With only hints and whispers strewn throughout a dark abyss of forums threads and amazon reviews.

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History is strewn with tales of people who trusted other people with their money.

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And public libraries should expect to see these unattended devices strewn all over the place without calling the cops and/or throwing them out?

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I am wondering if there is a place in that beautiful city that is rubbish strewn.

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Cycling through areas strewn with shattered glass wasn't much fun, either.

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And once you condition people to accept that, you'll sound like a nutter complaining about the government having data that's already strewn all over the Internet.

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Incidentally, the kind of impact that it would take to wipe humanity out will almost certainly result in an astronomical amount of debris being strewn into space.

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> What makes things a pain on Linux is applications have parts strewn all over the filesystem.

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Both in Ann Arbor and Detroit with their own incubators, and I'm sure there are ones strewn about the rest of the rust belt.

Quote examples

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Laws are strewn with the "reasonable" standard because there are unreasonable people that will sue over stupid things.

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} and all 1 channel with id "teamcoco" will be in items, with playlist info strewn somewhere in topicDetails or contentDetails.

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But all of the presented passwords I got had lots of punctuation strewn about them (most commonly the " character), and the "words" were extreme nonsense.

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Slightly reminiscent of early London coffeehouses "...customers sat around long communal tables strewn with every type of media imaginable listening in to each other’s conversations, interjecting whenever they pleased, and reflecting upon the newspapers.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use strewn in a sentence?

What makes things a pain on Linux is applications have parts strewn all over the filesystem.

What does strewn mean?

being distributed here and there without order

What part of speech is strewn?

strewn is commonly used as adjective.