How to Use cover in a Sentence

cover

1 of 2 verb

• Lakes cover much of the state.
• We covered the stains on the wall with a fresh coat of paint.
• She covered her head with a scarf.
• The gardener covered the soil with mulch.
• You should cover your mouth when you cough.
• The furniture had been covered in a protective cloth.
• The bird may cover thousands of miles during its migration.
• The hikers covered long distances every day.
• The walls were covered with Ainu art, and Ainu music was on the stereo.
  — Helen Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
• This term covers plants with woody stems, such as trees and shrubs.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2024
• Most of the revenue is used to cover the costs of enforcement.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• Sales clerks covered the signature with saran wrap and upped the price.
  — Katia Porzecanski, Fortune, 19 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Is the film about how authorities try to cover things up?
  — Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The dough is store bought but covered in olive oil to make every bite perfectly crispy.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 June 2023
• Each page covers a full week of daily meals with plenty of room for a grocery list.
  — Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 31 Dec. 2023
• Glitter beads and sequins that are meant to be sewn are also covered.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Oct. 2023
• Transparent lens membrane of the right eye covers the iris.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Such rules could cover how the virtual element of the meeting is set up.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• 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
• Or can be seen through thin spots in whatever clouds may be covering it.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
• Cook, until pancake is covered in bubbles with a few that have popped, 1 to 2 minutes.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 31 July 2023
• 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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cover

2 of 2 noun

• 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.
• I put a cover on the sofa to protect it.
• The singer is posing in jeans and cowboy boots on the album cover.
• But the cover with Cher holds a special place in Love's heart.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
• 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
• Don’t put Sydney Sweeney in a box — and don’t judge her by her cover.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 28 May 2023
• 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
• The tank has a cover so water doesn’t slosh around when carrying it to the sink.
  — Elizabeth Marino, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
• And why not make that book one whose cover traumatized you as a child?
  — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
• 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
• The cover is such a beautiful execution of the content and tone of the book.
  — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Cover in-ground plants with floating row cover (NOT plastic and not a bed sheet).
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• Tickets allow crawlers a snack, drinks and food specials and waived covers, plus more.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
• Baxter plans to add nets, paddle bags and covers to her product line.
  — Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• See the album cover and tracklist, as well as a trailer, below.
  — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2024
• But the distraction also provides the perfect cover for a bank heist.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
• And of course, because this is a kids’ couch, the covers are fully removable and machine washable.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 13 Dec. 2023
• In the process, the cover version becomes the definitive version.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
• 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
• The current cover of Fortune magazine, that’s a uni-corpse.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
• Wednesday saw the 22-track edition drop with a new alternate cover.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2023
• To streamline the look, top with a quilt or additional comforter with cover.
  — Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• 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
• The rapper’s son, Adonis Graham, drew the artwork featured on the album’s cover.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Muji's notebook has a durable cover to withstand book bags and coffee spills.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024