UNCOVER in a Sentence

Learn UNCOVER 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.

43 example sentences for UNCOVER, such as:

1. Some boards were soon uncovered and removed.
2. They uncovered a plot to destabilize the government.
3. Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government.
4. I uncovered it, and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame.
5. The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNCOVER
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uncover
 v.  remove the cover from; expose; disclose
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  And afterwards, when they had been quite still, the woman had to uncover the man again, to look at the mystery of the phallos.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  That old-fashioned revelling in the general situation grows less and less possible as we uncover the defects of natural laws, and see the quandary that man is in by their operation.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 1 "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is"
3  "When you hear a knock at the door, you will uncover your eyes," added Willarski.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III
4  I uncovered it, and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  The clergyman, therefore, hearing no symptoms of disturbance, uncovered his eyes and looked about him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
6  Alexey Alexandrovitch smiled his smile, which uncovered his teeth, but revealed nothing more.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 28
7  Some washed, the young lads bathed in the stream, others made a place comfortable for a rest, untied their sacks of bread, and uncovered the pitchers of rye-beer.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 5
8  If you ask my advice," she said, having finished her prayer and uncovered her face, "I do not advise you to do this.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 25
9  When she pulled it the silk curtain ran back on rings and when it ran back it uncovered a picture.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  Tom partly uncovered a dismal caricature of a house with two gable ends to it and a corkscrew of smoke issuing from the chimney.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  Some boards were soon uncovered and removed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  It was one of these he had uncovered, and which he must remove from its socket.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
13  He was coming apart; but in her breast she felt she could not bear him to leave her uncovered.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  She pulled open his clothing and uncovered his belly, and kissed his navel.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
15  The crowd grew light with uncovered heads; and again the shout uprose.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
Example Sentence:
1  I now prefer to call a beautician home rather than visit a salon and uncover my head in public.
2  He is the first writer to uncover the life that King tried so hard to conceal from the public eye.
3  Researchers are trying to uncover real cause of this accident by examining remains in field.
4  We could have Mandarin uncover some secret, magic thing which makes him all powerful.
5  They also helped uncover a drug manufacturing lab and handled an arrest warrant, according to the State Attorney General's Office.
6  The investigation uncovered evidence of a large-scale illegal trade in wild birds.
7  The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.
8  An investigation uncovered mismanagement and a lack of proper financial controls.
9  Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government.
10  They uncovered a plot to destabilize the government.
11  Carefully stripping away centuries of paint, the scientists uncovered a valuable old wall painting.
12  Crucially, after it was uncovered, the landowner placed damp soil over it to protect.