leafless

Example Sentences

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Looking up, we discover that these are the naked trunks of trees, their reedy, leafless tops scraping against a gray sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 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

Other works, titled “Winter Maple,” function like dusty-blue skyscapes forked by leafless brown-gray branches.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Swiftly she hastened down from the heights of Olympus to the barren, leafless earth, and standing at the door of the temple she spoke to Demeter.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton