How to Use cover in a Sentence
- We covered the stains on the wall with a fresh coat of paint.
- The bird may cover thousands of miles during its migration.
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The walls were covered with Ainu art, and Ainu music was on the stereo.
—Helen Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
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This term covers plants with woody stems, such as trees and shrubs.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2024
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Most of the revenue is used to cover the costs of enforcement.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
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Sales clerks covered the signature with saran wrap and upped the price.
—Katia Porzecanski, Fortune, 19 July 2023
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With tickets now on sale, the tour will support the Rolling Stone cover star‘s new No. 1 full-length project.
—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
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Video footage showed a huge cloud of volcanic ash spread widely across the sky and cars and roads covered with ash.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
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The system did send more warnings about keeping my hands on the wheel while the camera was covered.
—Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
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Is the film about how authorities try to cover things up?
—Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
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Pink noise is a mixture of white and brown noise, and covers things like waves, steady rain, or leaves being rustled by the wind.
—Rachael Hogg, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2023
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The plan is to cover about six miles a day for three days, with time carved out on Monday to hike up to a fire tower and hang out there to view the eclipse.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 Apr. 2024
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The dough is store bought but covered in olive oil to make every bite perfectly crispy.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 June 2023
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Each page covers a full week of daily meals with plenty of room for a grocery list.
—Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 31 Dec. 2023
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Glitter beads and sequins that are meant to be sewn are also covered.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Oct. 2023
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Transparent lens membrane of the right eye covers the iris.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
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His unit was then assigned to a tree line along the evacuation routes — one of the last lines of defense — to cover the troops pulling out.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
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There’s simply too much menswear on the women’s runways to not cover them with the same gravitas.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024
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For most locations in the United States, the moon will first cover the bottom right section of the sun and appear to slowly move up and to the left.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
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Such rules could cover how the virtual element of the meeting is set up.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
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The region used to be one of Maui’s most diverse ecosystems, covered in koa and other native trees.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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Or can be seen through thin spots in whatever clouds may be covering it.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
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Cook, until pancake is covered in bubbles with a few that have popped, 1 to 2 minutes.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 31 July 2023
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The rebel President and his cabinet had used the courtroom as a war room, covering its walls with maps.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
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Protection from predators: Make sure to cover any air inlets with wire or a screen to keep predators and other pests out of the coop.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2023
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Renaissance covers the whole 56-show tour, with nearly every song from the set list.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
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Now, covered in a tropical plant costume, de Lesseps didn’t hesitate to tease the show’s host.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
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Return chocolate covered mound to its place on baking sheet.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
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The agency plans to ask the Board of Public Works for approximately $1.3 million to cover the cost.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2023
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Other costs have jumped as well, such as rent and electricity, and the price of your coffee needs to be able to help cover those expenses.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
- She placed a cover over the pan so that the oil wouldn't spatter.
- There's a picture of the author on the book's back cover.
- The singer is posing in jeans and cowboy boots on the album cover.
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But the cover with Cher holds a special place in Love's heart.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
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The drain is in the center of the tub and comes with a chrome pop-up drain cover and a chrome overflow.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2024
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Don’t put Sydney Sweeney in a box — and don’t judge her by her cover.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 28 May 2023
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The cover up was open to reveal the criss-crossing straps over her chest and the bronze ring in the center of the bikini top.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 12 Aug. 2023
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The tank has a cover so water doesn’t slosh around when carrying it to the sink.
—Elizabeth Marino, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
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And why not make that book one whose cover traumatized you as a child?
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
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At the time of the cover shoot, Art Jr. looked like a tiny clone of his father, complete with golden, curly locks of hair.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
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The cover is such a beautiful execution of the content and tone of the book.
—Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
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The children were on the lookout for such things like muscle, fat cover, and how well the animals moved through the ring.
—Jared Quigg, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2023
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The plate and bottom cover are made of brass blocks in the silver version (pictured) and aluminum in the black version.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
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The book—whose cover is the brand’s iconic orange—explains the history of their scarves via 3D pop-ups.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2023
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Cover in-ground plants with floating row cover (NOT plastic and not a bed sheet).
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
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Tickets allow crawlers a snack, drinks and food specials and waived covers, plus more.
—Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
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Baxter plans to add nets, paddle bags and covers to her product line.
—Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
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See the album cover and tracklist, as well as a trailer, below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2024
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But the distraction also provides the perfect cover for a bank heist.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
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And of course, because this is a kids’ couch, the covers are fully removable and machine washable.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 13 Dec. 2023
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In the process, the cover version becomes the definitive version.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
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The ads often featured one of Mejia’s two Welsh corgis, who now tend to appear on the covers of his office’s audits.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
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The current cover of Fortune magazine, that’s a uni-corpse.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
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Wednesday saw the 22-track edition drop with a new alternate cover.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2023
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To streamline the look, top with a quilt or additional comforter with cover.
—Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
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But Take Note: There’s no silverware cover, so the fork and spoon may come into contact with other items.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
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The rapper’s son, Adonis Graham, drew the artwork featured on the album’s cover.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2023
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As the trucks arrived, still under the cover of darkness, an Israeli drone filmed the scene from above using a thermal camera.
—Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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The singer shared the news on Instagram alongside the project’s cover art, a portrait of her sinking underwater, seemingly seconds after being dropped from the other side of a door that’s visible at the top of the frame.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
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Forecasters at the National Weather Service are predicting a 30% chance of sky cover during the eclipse time in southeastern Michigan.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
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