While hiking along the rocky coast, I admired a small cluster of flax-leaved daphne glowing with fragrant white blossoms despite the harsh sun.

I worry that his attempt at a romantic gesture could leave someone cold.

When he ignores follow-up questions, he leaves someone hanging.

Don't leave someone hanging when they ask a serious question; respond promptly or tell them you'll get back to them.

After twenty years with the firm, Maria finally qualified for long service leave.

A stand of parsley-leaved hawthorn brightened the edge of the creek with its delicate spring blossoms.

The greenhouse curator carefully arranged the broad-leaved epiphyllums on the south bench to maximize flowering.

In spring, the holly-leaved cherries along the garden hedge burst into small white blossoms that filled the air with a sweet scent.

The effectiveness of the reaction depended largely on the stability of the leaving group.

Leaving alone the wounded fox was the only choice the rescuers had.