She was at the mercy of a bizarre and chaotic environment, a small and very fragile leaf in a violent, howling windstorm.

The same, for the wreath of fragile leaves and flowerlets-a clever way of getting around the fact that a commoner couldn't wear a coronet.

One fragile leaf shown in the exhibition has the seemingly familiar inscription, "Industry is next to Godliness."

My roses arrived two weeks ago, 13 slender little plants with fragile leaves, sticking out of long tubular plastic pots.

In South India, paan prepared from small and fragile leaves is called chigrlayele.

There was a green fur climbing up the hills, and the trees were testing new, fragile leaves in the winds.

"Just the movement of separating the acrylic panels might dislodge the fragile leaves or wings," Ms. Buck said.

Not only theirs, these fragile leaves of grass.

It had fragile leaves that wilted at the touch, but the stalks, although short, were straight and strong.

Workers must pick rapidly while handling the fragile leaves gently.