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
In one corner of the shelter a group of kids plays under a trio of leafless trees on a small, bumpy dirt lot bordered on three sides by squat, sand-colored concrete buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
“Hey!” called a muted, peremptory voice from the leafless shrubs growing beside his tent in a waist-high clump after Appleby had gone.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
