Inspired by something he saw on the Food Network, Mr. Duval figured out a way to use some of his favorite things—peppery bacon and the local sweet Walla Walla onions—with the thick-leaved, cold-weather greens. ❋ Molly O’Neill (2010)
Even the last survivors of a vigilante raid long ago have filed the tragic events of that autumn night away, totally unaware of the evil that remains, dormant, but forever patient, among the tall pines and thick-leaved kudzu of a place known only as Hell Hollow. ❋ Robert (2009)
Believe it or not, there's a man who lives right near us who does the same thing -- plants tomatoes and thick-leaved plants outside his courtyard wall, then shoots anything that comes near them. ❋ Unknown (2009)
As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia. ❋ Unknown (2008)
He made out the ancient broken-paved avenue, wandering away to the south, lost amid clustering masses of fronds and thick-leaved bushes. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (2005)
As the American, she knew hot climates of thick-leaved trees and spices and fruits where they grew, and something of the ways of the native people. ❋ JULIE BAUMGOLD (2005)
Some varieties are tender when raw, while thick-leaved varieties are chewy and less suitable for salads. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
Tetragonia tetragonioides, productive in hot weather but thick-leaved and best when cooked. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
There we talked; sat talking; sauntered down that avenue, the avenue which runs under the trees, under the thick-leaved murmuring trees, the trees that are hung with fruit, which we have trodden so often together, so that now the turf is bare round some of those trees, round certain plays and poems, certain favourites of ours — the turf is trodden bare by our incessant unmethodical pacing. ❋ Unknown (2003)
They were, gathered on a thick-leaved tree on the edge of the jungle in a crude circle, with heads pointing to a common centre. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Big, solemn oaks grew close to it, and their thick-leaved, far-reaching branches shadowed it like a pall. ❋ Unknown (2000)
We climbed a granite ledge, thick with moss and lichen, wet with the omnipresent flow of water, then followed the path of a descending freshet, brushing aside long grass that pulled at our legs, dodging the drooping branches of mountain laurel and the thick-leaved rhododendrons. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1997)
As he scrambled frantically for the cover of a cluster of thick-leaved bushes, he found himself marveling at the Kizzmatis 'speed. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1992)
It seemed to grow darker as he came under the shelter of the thick-leaved branches. ❋ D. C. Fontana (1990)
