leafstorm

Definitions

Alternative spelling of leaf-storm.

alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Examples

“Through the leafstorm I ran toward her. She had fallen on the path, and a shower of small branches and stones came cascading down upon her.”

“A croquet peg and a baseball bat and a small lawnchair had become⟳ involved, while the lawnmower stood there, freshly primed and impatient. Father produced a pipe, and kicked up a little leafstorm as he puffed, [...]”

“Amid that mimeographic leafstorm, Sloman asks how people use⟳ texts to understand⟳ their historical and political situation.”

“[...] to deal⟳ a vicious kick⟳ to the lowest box in a stack — fuck! that crumpled it, — a! and brought down the boxes above it, — rat! bursting like⟳ a leafstorm across the floor, [...]”

“The chorus of radio and television, the slow build⟳ of plasma image and newspaper and magazine photograph, the rising leafstorm of banners and newsflashes not only made any error impossible to rectify, they made errors the truth, [...]”

“A leafstorm cascaded upon the cavalry and the earth rent⟳ open⟳ to the angled winds. The forest canopy sprawled above them full of holes.”

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