be scattered to the four winds

The task force had been scattered to the four winds after the President's speech.

His own family was scattered to the four winds.

But the members of the Ohmsford family were scattered to the four winds, and he was alone.

"The material will be scattered to the four winds."

"By then," she said, "refugees were scattered to the four winds and it was very hard to reconstruct what had happened."

And as for where the townsfolk were-they were scattered to the four winds.

They collectively produced thousands of photographs that were scattered to the four winds after their deaths.

And because they're scattered to the four winds, they have no way of knowing the identical patterns their lives have taken.

"When he died penniless, the majority of them were scattered to the four winds, losing family, home and friends.

At the end the ashes of Roland were scattered to the four winds of heaven.

Upon the fall of Atlantis, people who carried the predisposition for magic were scattered to the four winds.

Tomorrow they would be scattered to the four winds on their corporate jets, behind their ranks of lawyers.

Many trail herds had met disaster and been scattered to the four winds with nothing but a road brand to identify them afterward.

Many hearts were saddened that these magnificently-trained, handpicked men with their mission unfulfilled would be scattered to the four winds.

She was in harmony with the All by now, Kirby Thought, and an irreplaceable pool of genes had been scattered to the four winds.

If you are left without a clear sense of what would really happen if the Department of Energy's functions are scattered to the four winds, join the throng.

"HAWC is closed down, General Elliott was demoted and forced to retire, and everyone else was scattered to the four winds or kicked out.

You remember that you once before entered the base with a telejump after Tomisenkov first landed with his armada of 500 spaceships and was scattered to the four winds with his crews.

It was rather unlikely, I thought, gritting my teeth, that Jamie would return in time even to gather up my ashes for ceremonial disposal, before I was scattered to the four winds.

The Pokanokets were scattered to the four winds, many executed, endentured and the survivors had to secretly exist and could only use the name of Wampanoag which included dozens of tribes is general terms.

It's not so much that the New Yorkers have left town; it's just that the term itself is being scattered to the four winds, divvied up, appropriated and reshaped by artists from all over the world.

The eagle was part of a flock of 10 or more (no one knows the exact number) that adorned the depot's roofline and were scattered to the four winds when the old station was razed in 1910.

"Her body was burnt at a stake, and her ashes were scattered to the four winds; and so be it with me and mine Order, if I do not as much to her pupil, and more also!

In the July days, while all ears were yet deafened by the crash of the Bastille, and Ministers and Princes were scattered to the four winds, it seemed as if the very Valets had grown heavy of hearing.

aThane thanked Grannog, rubbing his hands through the thick sable coat as he knelt beside the Lord of Dogs and asked him to guard the pyre until Martbel's ashes had been scattered to the four winds.