leafless
Example Sentences
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The morning frost glistens, and—in a clever device—the low sun glimmers through a row of unseen, leafless trees behind the artist, casting crisscrossing, rhythmic shadows on the furrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
In Denver, I detected a similar attitude in Terri Landers, another 69-year-old, who was with her daughter, Morgan Wiener, under the shade of leafless branches near the rally.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2025
The honks and squawks of ibises and louries - shuffling silhouettes in the leafless trees.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2023
Smoking heaps of rubble lay piled high next to the waterfront, boats in the harbor were scorched and gray smoke hovered over the leafless skeletons of charred trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
He was a few feet away from his father now, high up in a leafless oak tree.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
