How to Use in leaf in a Sentence

in leaf

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• Soil moisture also plays a role in leaf color, Crick wrote.
  — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
• Many insects thrive in leaf litter and insect-eating birds will be attracted.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
• Their first hypothesis was that the bats, which roost in leaf foliage during the summer, use the glow for camouflage.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
• These two are among the fastest plant movements in all of botany, involving rapid changes in leaf curvature and cellular pressure.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• Sprays aren't generally effective because the mites are protected and hidden in leaf folds or galls.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
• Georgia law does not authorize the sale or possession of marijuana in leaf for or infused in food products.
  — Irene Wright, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
• For example, lacewings are important predators of pest insects and overwinter in leaf and debris piles.
  — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
• Certain birds like to forage for insects in leaf litter, especially when feeding their young, says Parkins.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
• For example, bumble bee queens, firefly larvae, and some species of lady beetles and wasps overwinter in leaf litter.
  — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
• They overwinter in the caterpillar stage by hibernating in leaf litter.
  — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
• Many beneficial insects and pollinators overwinter or lay eggs in leaf litter to emerge next year.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2025
• Many species of insects, including pollinators, overwinter as eggs, larvae or pupae in leaf litter or within plant stems.
  — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
• This is important because many beneficial pollinators spend the winter in leaf debris.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
• Since butterfly larvae and pupae shelter in leaf litter, consider leaving some fallen leaves and waiting until spring to cut back perennials.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
• In contrast, the Shasta ground sloth exhibited dental microwear textures more akin to those in leaf-eating and woody plant-eating herbivores.
  — Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
• Understanding Boxelder Bugs The adult stage overwinters, typically under rocks, wood piles, and in leaf and mulch piles.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
• And some of your trees that are susceptible to disease pathogens that overwinter in leaf litter (apples, blue Colorado spruce, for instance) will not thank you for the hefty annual dose of inoculum.
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025