leafy

Example Sentences

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Leafy speaks for all of the author’s blundering characters when, at one low ebb, he sums himself up as “an aristocrat of pain and frustration, a prince of anguish and embarrassment.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

"Leafy Surrey is not the place where you expect to encounter poverty," she said.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Leafy green vegetables are important sources of dietary fiber and nutrients, but they can harbor harmful pathogens.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

Leafy greens go beyond romaine and spinach to include kale, mustard greens, and more.

From National Geographic • Oct. 19, 2023

Leafy greens of bushes and trees ran together outside their car.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye