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Meanings of dead leaves in English

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Usage of dead leaves in English
1
The dead leaves of her hopes were all huddled in the hollow.
The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
2
Suddenly there was the sound of hasty footsteps through the dead leaves.
Lydia of the Pines
3
The cards fell from his hand with the sound of dead leaves.
Lewis Rand
4
Just then the Nightingale spied a silvery gleam among the dead leaves.
The Curious Book of Birds
5
The dead leaves at the top were like cloth across a face.
The Abandoned Room
6
The dead grass and the dead leaves made a sere, yellow world.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
7
That whole crew will scatter like dead leaves when Barry breezes in.
The Seventh Man
8
Recklow laughed his contempt of Recklow and spat upon the dead leaves.
In Secret
9
Footsteps came crashing through the dead leaves and dry sticks behind Ken.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
10
Then some one threw a branch-ful of dead leaves upon the fire.
The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
11
The air, soft as the dead leaves of spring, fanned his cheek.
The Blazed Trail
12
And so we floated, swinging like dead leaves on the long swells.
Montlivet
13
Yes-therewas blood on a log, and more on the dead leaves.
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
14
He soon found himself again on the Boulevard, covered with dead leaves.
Strong as Death
15
Some of this is dead leaves which have been ground to powder.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
16
He fell into a litter of dead leaves, very soft and comfortable.
Clementina
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Dead leaves through the time
Dead leaves across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common