Examples of copse in a Sentence
a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house
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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.
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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
After eight hours of hard fighting in a copse of trees near the hamlet of Kruglenkoe, the Ukrainians piled into armored trucks and sped back to the safety of the main Ukrainian line, half a mile to the east.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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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
After eight hours of hard fighting in a copse of trees near the hamlet of Kruglenkoe, the Ukrainians piled into armored trucks and sped back to the safety of the main Ukrainian line, half a mile to the east.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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“Copse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copse. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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