leaves
Example Sentences
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Ms. Dimmock’s sensitivity is apparent throughout—she very deliberately leaves Parker’s children from earlier relationships, a girl and boy, almost completely out of the story, when a less thoughtful filmmaker might have made more of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Her death leaves the question of the succession in Thailand unanswered, and the severity of the country's lese majeste law rules out any public discussion of it.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Here, singlehood is described as a “season,” as ephemeral as autumn leaves or winter snow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
On a recent morning, hundreds of sun-dappled wishes shimmied in the tree leaves in at least 10 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Chinese, Persian, French and Turkish among them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
He rested, and ate the last pignut and some sorrel leaves he’d found by the riverbank.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
