How to Use leaf in a Sentence

leaf

1 of 2 noun

• 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 dusty plum of a mopane leaf.
  — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
• The stem should have two to three leaf nodes.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
• Cut pothos stems just above leaf nodes, and use clean tools.
  — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 14 Apr. 2026
• Why would a dying leaf do that?
  — Berly McCoy, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
• Then, cut a half-inch above where a leaf emerges from the stem.
  — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
• Avoid high grass and leaf litter.
  — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
• Cut off a leaf at the base; look for one that’s not brand new.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
• So what is the etiquette around leaf cleanup?
  — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
• Avoid letting the leaf touch the soil.
  — Lauren David, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
• There’s no single leaf of basil on a slice.
  — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
• First off, leaf litter can clog storm drains.
  — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
• Top with wine and garnish with a mint leaf or sprig.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
• Top with wine and garnish with a mint leaf or sprig.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2026
• Top with wine and garnish with a mint leaf or sprig.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 June 2026
• Both times used ½ basil, ½ flat leaf parsley.
  — Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
• Scorched leaves have curling, dry, brown leaf edges.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
• Make the cuts at a slight angle just above a leaf node.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
• Use a clean, sharp hand-pruner and make cuts just above a branch or leaf node.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2024
• That’s when plants are stressed and close their leaf pores to survive.
  — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
• In the middle of the drink was a mint leaf in the shape of a heart.
  — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• Garth Hudson was the last leaf to fall from that tree.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
• Wrap an inch of sphagnum moss around the spot where the leaf and the stem meet.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 20 Aug. 2020
• But the team wasted no time turning a new leaf.
  — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
• Gently tug on a center leaf from the crown.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
• Fiddle leaf figs don't like to be moved and can drop their leaves due to stress.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
• Then just fold the leaf over your stack and pop the whole thing into your mouth!
  — Irene Yoo september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
• Basil, leaf lettuces and mint are among those that can do the most with the least.
  — ABC News, 12 May 2026
• Cut back to a leaf or an outward-facing bud.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 May 2026

leaf

2 of 2 verb

• The oaks are fully leafed out with their fresh lime-green new growth.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2018
• Wait to see if plants leaf out or re-sprout, then prune off deadwood.
  — Pam Peirce, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
• This prepares them to leaf out as days get longer and warmer in the spring.
  — Richard B. Primack, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2021
• The tree was just starting to leaf out when the April freeze hit.
  — oregonlive, 22 May 2022
• Oh, and don’t be in a hurry to prune what might be slow to leaf out next spring.
  — oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2021
• Spread the mulch this time of the year as the plants are beginning to leaf out.
  — OregonLive.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Once the taller trees leaf out, those spring ephemerals go to sleep for the summer.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2020
• Some trees will leaf out fully when hot weather arrives, and some will punch out.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021
• 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
• All three are still dormant, although others in the area are fully leafed out.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
• Visitors to the artwork are welcome to leaf through the book.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 12 Jan. 2021
• 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
• These plants do not leaf out until a bit later in the spring, later than some other shrubs and trees.
  — oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2020
• 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
• 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
• What can residents do to help leaf, trash collectors?
  — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
• 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
• 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
• There are half cut off suckers visible in your photo and many of them are now branched and leafing out.
  — oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2020
• The students leaf through the books and t-shirts to make their selections before walking home.
  — oregonlive, 14 June 2020
• As hardwood trees leaf out, the mountains have turned magically green again.
  — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 8 May 2017
• Mortensen’s character, Tony, takes it on the trip and leafs through it several times.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 7 Jan. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Several of her palms are starting to leaf , although a pindo palm in her front yard appears to be lost for good.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021
• 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
• The delicate rolls looked like cherry blossoms with their pink and green centers of tart umeboshi plum paste and minty shiso leafs.
  — Kiki Flynn, Bon Appetit, 9 May 2017
• 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
• Temperature can affect when a plant leafs out, blooms, bears fruit, and loses its leaves or dies at the end of a season.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2017