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

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

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

Smoking heaps of rubble lay piled high next to the waterfront, boats in the harbor were scorched and gray smoke hovered over the leafless skeletons of charred trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

They passed close to a solitary mukonde tree, which raised many pale, leafless branches against the dark sky.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer