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

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

The sun, rising against black pines and leafless trees, filled the grove with a baleful light.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander