littered

[ UK /lˈɪtəd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪtɝd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish
    the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris
    his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair
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How To Use littered In A Sentence

  • In September, return visitors to an Edinburgh guesthouse said it was time to ‘rethink the three-star rating’, complaining that the linens were ‘soiled’ and the carpet was littered with ‘crumbs and dustballs’.
  • The nearby street was littered with shattered vehicles, pieces of glass, bricks, mangled steel and scraps of clothing.
  • Dirty clothes littered the floor of her bedroom.
  • The small piece of gold glittered brightly in the moonlight, setting off the red ruby it encircled.
  • An adjoining room is littered with mementos of more recent island history: a rack of antlers, a rusty plow, and an old dentist's chair.
  • The area is still littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance.
  • It ended with bodies of soldiers littered in front of us, adorned with vivid flowers. Times, Sunday Times
  • History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions.
  • It has an untamed feel, having been largely unmanaged for many decades and it's littered with old wood and falling trees, a perfect habitat for these invisible workers.
  • He took a white-filtered cigarette from a packet which lay on a glass-littered table beside the sun lounger.
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