Sentence examples for a leaf over the from inspiring English sources

Far more than Mr. Miyazaki's other recent films, this one obviously has been created for young viewers, who will have no trouble grasping its broad story or understanding why the characters do what they do, as when Sosuke, worried about prowling cats, places a leaf over the pail with the goldfish girl.

Lay a leaf over a second piece of twine the length of your waist.

When your farmer is holding a leaf over its head, keep on pressing [Circle] fast and if done right the farmer will catch a big cabbage.

Paint a half-bitten apple with a leaf over it on your ring fingernail in gray.

Such activities may include participation in or contributions to political campaigns or groups that espouse controversial positions.If NBC is worried about impartiality, then why put on a whole line-up of shows without even a fig leaf over the bias?

In both cases, servers placed a big leaf over the grill, and we were instructed to slather that leaf with sweet red miso paste, then put the flesh and a heap of scallions over that.

The claim that people without insurance get the care they need is a fig leaf over the belief that their lives have lesser value.

Starting from one leaf, and following up the spiral, we may find a leaf vertically over the first, which will give a fraction different from the ordinary one, as has been shown in the case of some Firs by Professor A. Dickson [ On Some Abnormal Cones of Pinus pinaster by Alexander Dickson, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 26, 505 (1872)].

In 1504, the government of Florence felt it had to put a gold fig leaf over the massive genitals of Michelangelo's new statue of David; later in his career the same artist was accused of filling the Sistine Chapel with male nudes.

Fold the narrow strip of leaf over the stuffing and roll into a flat and loosely packed roll so that the rice has enough room to expand.

Fold the other half of the leaf over the fish and trim the edges with a big cookie cutter or a knife to form an oval.