How to Use leaf in a Sentence

leaf

1 of 2 noun

• All that was left of the tree was a pile of dead leaves.
• The trees drop their leaves in the fall, and new leaves grow again in the spring.
• I heard the rustle of the autumn leaves.
• The trees have not yet come into leaf.
• In the middle of the drink was a mint leaf in the shape of a heart.
  — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• The leaf blades are wider and lighter green in color than the rest of the grass in my lawn.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
• Wrap an inch of sphagnum moss around the spot where the leaf and the stem meet.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
• Use a clean, sharp hand-pruner and make cuts just above a branch or leaf node.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2024
• Then apply a layer of leaf mulch out at least to the drip-line.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Portland three-in-one leaf mulcher is the best leaf mulcher for those on a budget.
  — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2024
• One of the telltale symptoms of beech leaf disease is dark bands in the leaves of beech trees.
  — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Keep in Mind It's designed for loose leaf tea, not tea bags.
  — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
• The soft shrub has a minty aromatic leaf and grows to about two to three feet tall.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Refugees from Aleppo, Syria, cling to a leaf floating in the wind.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
• The leaves consist of one large and one small leaf that look the same, just different sizes.
  — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
• She was named after the maple leaf, the emblem on Canada's flag.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
• Beech leaf disease was the first detected in Ohio in 2012.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• Fine strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass, and garnish with a basil leaf.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2023
• Nevada Nevada has two state trees – the single-leaf piñon and the bristlecone pine.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• Frost is just ice crystals on the top of the foliage, but when there is a freeze, all of the leaf tissue can be damaged.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2023
• Of course James Paxton has a maple leaf tattoo on his right forearm.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• Part of the life cycle of this fungus is entirely within the leaf.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
• Wearing a white dress, her blond hair braided atop her head wrapped in a gold-leaf tiara, she was baptized in the Aegean Sea.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• The genus is known to feed on deadwood, dead leaves, leaf litter or lichens, according to Hoare.
  — Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
• Small details like the way in which a droplet might hang off a leaf is inspiration in and of itself.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• But then there’s a quick fusillade of lemongrass and lime leaf, a tidal wave of Thai basil and some serious oomph from the fish sauce.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• With one leaf up, four people can sit around the table for dinner with elbow room to spare.
  — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
• Scalp your turf to remove browned leaf stubble killed by this winter’s cold.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
• This leaf likely fell off a tree in the fall once the trees paused photosynthesis for the winter and sank to the bottom of the lake, where it was buried.
  — Robert Patalano, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• To the seas, a cruise ship is nothing more than a leaf drifting effortlessly along the surface.
  — Melanie Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023

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leaf

2 of 2 verb

• The tree was just starting to leaf out when the April freeze hit.
  — oregonlive, 22 May 2022
• Spread the mulch this time of the year as the plants are beginning to leaf out.
  — OregonLive.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• This prepares them to leaf out as days get longer and warmer in the spring.
  — Richard B. Primack, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2021
• Once the taller trees leaf out, those spring ephemerals go to sleep for the summer.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2020
• The midwife leafed through a pile of folders on the table.
  — Rossalyn Warren, Washington Post, 6 July 2017
• Oh, and don’t be in a hurry to prune what might be slow to leaf out next spring.
  — oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2021
• The oaks are fully leafed out with their fresh lime-green new growth.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2018
• All have evolved the good sense to leaf out, blossom and set seed before the canopy puts them in the dark for good.
  — John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2020
• Visitors to the artwork are welcome to leaf through the book.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 12 Jan. 2021
• The oak in our yard leafed out late, then the leaves all turned brown fast in June and July, starting at the top.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• In the spring the trees are leafing out earlier and in the fall the ragweed is lasting longer.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019
• Wait to see if plants leaf out or re-sprout, then prune off deadwood.
  — Pam Peirce, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
• The forests were lush and green, filled with shrubby cycads and fan-leafed ginkgos.
  — Jess Romeo, Popular Science, 15 Nov. 2019
• If the top of the trunk does not leaf out eventually, contact the source of your plants and get new plants.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2018
• At the cusp of what feels like the first genuine spring in three years, who can wait for the trees to leaf out before seizing on the change of season?
  — Wsj Editors, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
• Users would move around the map by leafing through the panels like book pages from left to right, or by flipping them up and down.
  — Betsy Mason, National Geographic, 29 Aug. 2017
• The canyon is filled with box elders that had not yet leafed out, and above us sandstone cliffs soared like skyscrapers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
• Despite lacking text of any kind, this book told even a child that it was meant to be leafed through from start to finish.
  — The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
• Mortensen’s character, Tony, takes it on the trip and leafs through it several times.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 7 Jan. 2019
• The students leaf through the books and t-shirts to make their selections before walking home.
  — oregonlive, 14 June 2020
• Trees in the Northern Hemisphere leaf out in the spring as frost recedes. Caterpillars hatch to gorge on leaves.
  — Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018
• Tang and Hong leafed through another batch of comment cards.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• These plants do not leaf out until a bit later in the spring, later than some other shrubs and trees.
  — oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2020
• All three are still dormant, although others in the area are fully leafed out.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
• The next spring the vine leafed out solidly and there, somewhere in the foliage, hung one thin straggle of purple flowers.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2018
• Give the plants extra time in spring to leaf out before determining whether or not the stems are dead and need to be pruned back.
  — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2021
• As the perennials leaf out next spring, the foliage will camouflage the ripening foliage of the bulbs.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
• Some trees will leaf out fully when hot weather arrives, and some will punch out.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021
• Players can leaf through the issue and read both articles.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2021
• Most perennials for shade are white and bloom in early spring for only a couple of weeks before the trees leaf out.
  — Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024