Examples of copse in a Sentence
a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house
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The public university, which has served primarily Black students for more than 50 years, sits on a gorgeous, 161-acre campus, clustered with copses of stately trees that make the grounds look something like an East Coast institution with a far longer lineage than CSU.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
She had been dragged and pushed by two men into a copse on Hampstead Heath.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The eyes in the sky gazed down on a copse of spindly trees in western Russia, hooking onto where North Korean forces were coalescing, a Ukrainian special operations forces commander, who is being identified only by his call sign, Green, told Newsweek.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
She had been dragged and pushed by two men into a copse on Hampstead Heath.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The eyes in the sky gazed down on a copse of spindly trees in western Russia, hooking onto where North Korean forces were coalescing, a Ukrainian special operations forces commander, who is being identified only by his call sign, Green, told Newsweek.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Copse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copse. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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