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Meanings of leafy boughs in English

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Usage of leafy boughs in English
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The shadows of leafy boughs lay still on the short grass.
Tales of Unrest
2
Then between green, leafy boughs, flecked with sunlight, another figure rose vividly before Pierre's eyes.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1
3
At last he was up where he could poke his head above the leafy boughs.
Fire Season
4
Down and around they sped, whipping through leafy boughs, spinning like tops and whirling like pinwheels.
Hook
5
He then put in a number of leafy boughs, under which it crawled and went to sleep.
With Axe and Rifle
6
He plunged, sprawling, through the leafy boughs until he managed to seize a branch and steady himself.
The Tale of Major Monkey
7
Surges and undulations of the air Uplift the leafy boughs, and let them fall With scarce a sound.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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He had never noticed before how neatly the leafy boughs were tucked in together to make a roof.
The secret river
9
With whispering of leafy boughs
The Hudson / Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention
10
The creek at the back of the garden was stagnant and marshy when the water fell, and overhung by leafy boughs.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
11
In the Fricktal, Switzerland, at Whitsuntide boys go out into a wood and swathe one of their number in leafy boughs.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
12
In northern landscapes the eye travels through vistas of leafy boughs to still, secluded crofts and pastures, where slow-moving oxen graze.
The Pleasures of Life
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The sounds made by the little Western army, hid under the leafy boughs of the forest, gradually died away to almost nothing.
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
14
Overhead, in the gnarled branches and leafy boughs were scores of snowy birds, egrets that had chosen the place for a nesting site.
The Black Phantom
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Soon his brightness came flashing down through the leafy boughs like a ray of sunlight into the gloom and darkness of the forest.
The Curious Book of Birds
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From where we lay, the trees behind seemed to lock their leafy boughs over its bowsprit; which, from its position, looked nearly upright.
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
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