leafy

Example Sentences

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In the late 1940s, most of its employees moved from Manhattan to the leafy suburban campus at Murray Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Further down the leafy street, rows of apartment blocks stood with their windows shattered.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

This year, the baton is being handed to a vegetable: the leafy and cruciferous cabbage.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

Andrew's office, in a leafy village to the south of Manchester, also resembled a scene from a TV drama - cloaked in yellow crime tape, staff in shock and records being boxed up.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

In Dallas’s dream, he crawled out from beneath the leafy tree and stood by the edge of the clear stream.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech