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Examples of covering in a Sentence
with the commotion on the dance floor as a covering, we were able to slip out undetected
the plastic coverings on lamp shades should be removed
Recent Examples of covering from the Web
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Man and woman alike wore print sou’westers and matching throat coverings, emerging from a fog with umbrellas over their shoulders, boots stomping on the wet pavement.
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The specific topic at hand was bare shoulders, and in an entertaining touch, one reporter ripped pages from her reporting notebook and tried to pass them off as shoulder-coverings.
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Randal Quarles was formally nominated for the job—technically a vice-chairmanship with a brief covering financial supervision—on July 11th.
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These images were then turned into drapery, carpet and wall coverings.
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Surface Shields, which makes protective coverings used at construction sites and in other applications, is eyeing relocating from Orland Park to a 101,000-square-foot building at 8451 W. 183rd Place.
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At a Village Board committee meeting Tuesday, Jamey Behringer, the company's chief executive, told trustees that the company would not be doing any manufacturing at the site, but would cut and repackage plastic coverings.
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Leger hopped to it, hoping to excavate the bone and safeguarding it with a covering of burlap and plaster.
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What began as as light covering of snow, easily brushed away, became, snowflake by snowflake, a drift, which eventually precipitated an avalanche.
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First Known Use of covering
14th century
covering
Definition of covering
: containing explanation of or additional information about an accompanying communication a covering letter
First Known Use of covering
1887
COVERING Defined for English Language Learners
covering
playDefinition of covering for English Language Learners
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: an object or substance that goes over or on top of something especially in order to hide or protect it
COVERING Defined for Kids
covering
playDefinition of covering for Students
: something that shelters, protects, or conceals
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