turn yellow
Example Sentences
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If it rains, the harvested leaves must be dried very quickly — within a day — otherwise they turn yellow and no one wants them.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
When exposed to excessive darkness the leaves of the mutant, COG-free plants began to turn yellow, wrinkled, and thin -- signs the plants were dying.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
"The damage is enormous because the trees have been infected by bacteria… You can see this tree, it is green, but the leaves are starting to turn yellow, which means it may be diseased."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
Finally, the leaves turn yellow in the fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
The buds turn yellow, the skipping ropes come out.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
