CANOPY in a Sentence

Learn CANOPY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

21 example sentences for CANOPY, such as:

1. It was like a king's canopy, a fairy king's.
2. The light shone on him through the tree canopy.
3. The driver is responsible for getting the troop of colobus moving through the canopy.
4. When he returned to the canopy tree his cheeks were flushed and he looked triumphant.
5. Between the blossoming branches of the canopy bits of blue sky looked down like wonderful eyes.

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 Meanings and Examples of CANOPY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
canopy
 n.  covering; umbrella
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  It was like a king's canopy, a fairy king's.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  Between the blossoming branches of the canopy bits of blue sky looked down like wonderful eyes.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
3  Fired by recollections of fakirs and devotees in illustrations Colin suggested that they should all sit cross-legged under the tree which made a canopy.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  The light shone on him through the tree canopy.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  When he returned to the canopy tree his cheeks were flushed and he looked triumphant.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
6  Every beautiful morning the Magic was worked by the mystic circle under the plum-tree which provided a canopy of thickening green leaves after its brief blossom-time was ended.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  "The canopy which is to be borne over your Majesty, in the procession, is waiting," announced the chief master of the ceremonies.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
8  There were lounging chairs and sofas, window seats covered with soft cushions of fantastic designs; there was one corner fitted in Persian fashion, with a huge canopy and a jeweled lamp beneath.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
9  The vast canopy of woods spread itself to the margin of the river, overhanging the water, and shadowing its dark current with a deeper hue.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
10  As the day had now dawned, the opposite shores no longer presented a confused outline, but they were able to look into the woods, and distinguish objects beneath a canopy of gloomy pines.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
11  Urged by the different motives of filial affection, friendship and gratitude, Heyward and his companions rushed with one accord to the place, encircling the little canopy of dust which hung above the warriors.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
12  The light beat upon him where he stood, but long shadows trailed down the walls and hung like a black canopy above him.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
13  The coiling uprush of smoke streamed across the sky, and through the rare tatters of that red canopy, remote as though they belonged to another universe, shone the little stars.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
14  Bearded workmen with pious faces were guiding a canopy out through a side door, the sacristan aiding them with quiet gestures and words.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  It had been taken from the Turkish camp before Vienna, and the standard of Mohammed had stood beneath the tremulous gilt of its canopy.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
Example Sentence:
1  I flew at a height of about two hundred feet, almost brushing the top of the jungle canopy, in search of diamond mines.
2  The driver is responsible for getting the troop of colobus moving through the canopy.