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

Instead, the episode mimics the leafless branch in the poem Lady Mariko dictated before her death.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024

The honks and squawks of ibises and louries - shuffling silhouettes in the leafless trees.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

Morning found Shadow back on the road, driving through a gently undulating brown landscape of winter grass and leafless trees.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman