Sentence examples for stiff leaves from inspiring English sources

He pointed to several stiff leaves, surrounded by knitted slices of buttered toast.

Loquat trees are rarely more than 10 metres (33 feet) in height and bear thick stiff leaves that are clustered toward the ends of the branches.

The European Alpine species C. baldensis, with decorative white heads, and the variegated form of C. firma, with shiny, short, stiff leaves, are sometimes grown as ornamentals in rock gardens.

Chimps hold several stiff leaves by their stalk while stripping the leaf with their teeth, the resulting ripping sound attracts the desired attention from females in season.

After a minute or two, the coarse, stiff leaves will turn soft and silky.

The stiff leaves are arranged alternately along the stems and show significant variation in shape and size.

A stiff left hook rattled his jaw and Jalolov took another standing eight.

But unlike Ward's roundhouse punches and hooks, Branco, who fights in a semi-upright European style, was able to catch Gatti with stiff left counter jabs -- often two, three, four in a row -- followed by straight right hands.

In the present work the rotor blades are stiff leaving aero-elastic interactions for future work.

The disadvantage of this procedure is that the joint is stiff, leaving the patient with considerable disability, and it is therefore only performed as a last resort.

If your flower stems are stiff, leave them to dry for about 30 minutes.