COVER in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for COVER, such as:

1. He laughed to cover his nervousness.
2. A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
3. It's cold and you should cover up warmly.
4. Under cover of the dark, the dog was stolen.
5. You don't know the things that go on under cover.

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 Meanings and Examples of COVER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cover
 v.  place something over
 n.  a blanket
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The Confederate government took cotton for taxes in lieu of money, but three bales wouldn't even cover the taxes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  This was her last view of home, her last view except what she might see from the cover of the woods or the swamp, the tall chimneys wrapped in smoke, the roof crashing in flame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
3  To cover his embarrassment at being caught by Scarlett, he plunged hastily into a recital of news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
4  The town was roaring--wide open like a frontier village, making no effort to cover its vices and sins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
5  She could not speak, but seeing the direction of his eyes and their quick averting, she realized that her basque was open to the waist and her bare bosom and corset cover were showing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
6  She had more than once been in situations where a quick sword-play of wit had been needful to cover her retreat; but her frightened heart-throbs told her that here such skill would not avail.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
7  You don't know the things that go on under cover.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  Under the glass cover of the dressing-table was a menu with the most enchanting dishes: breast of guinea hen De Vitresse, pommes de terre a la Russe, meringue Chantilly, gateaux Bruxelles.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  To be sure they all sleep together in one apartment, but you have your own hammock, and cover yourself with your own blanket, and sleep in your own skin.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
10  But when a man suspects any wrong, it sometimes happens that if he be already involved in the matter, he insensibly strives to cover up his suspicions even from himself.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20. All Astir.
11  When the painted canvas cover is clapped on the American line-tub, the boat looks as if it were pulling off with a prodigious great wedding-cake to present to the whales.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 60. The Line.
12  But one night, under cover of darkness, and further concealed in a most cunning disguisement, a desperate burglar slid into his happy home, and robbed them all of everything.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.
13  I couldn't help thinking that the years when Lena literally hadn't enough clothes to cover herself might have something to do with her untiring interest in dressing the human figure.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
14  But there was a cloth spread upon the table that stood against the wall, and a cover was laid for one, with a crusty brown loaf and a bottle of wine beside the plate.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIII
15  When she and Robert stepped into Tonie's boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The insurance will cover the costs of repatriating you and your family in the case of an accident.
17  It's cold and you should cover up warmly.
18  We did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food.
19  A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
20  He has dug up the tiles that cover the floor and left them in a heap.
21  These courses cover a twelve-week period and are organised into three four-week modules.
22  Under cover of the dark, the dog was stolen.
23  He prophesied that a flood would cover the earth.
24  Put the bulbs in a bowl and cover them over with soil.
25  Questions also cover much broader aspects of general health and fitness.
26  A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.
27  He laughed to cover his nervousness.
28  Be sure to cover the fruit with plenty of streusel.
29  A small party stole up on the bridge under cover of darkness.
30  How much growth is needed to cover the sadness out of a mirage.