plural coveys
Examples of covey in a Sentence
A covey of schoolchildren approached.
A covey of reporters came to the event.
Recent Examples on the Web
Once hatched, the chicks feed on insects, and the family group stays together, forming a covey that will remain together into the fall.
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Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
Areas that always produce a covey were lifeless.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 16 Sep. 2020
Home gardens may see nesting mourning dove, a covey of baby quail, or the miracle of tiny hummingbird chicks hatching from miniature eggs in a nest not much bigger than a large thimble.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
This slower afternoon there were couples strolling, a few runners, a covey of bicycles, a family out for an autumn city walk — kids, parents, an older woman moving carefully using a walker.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2021
Soon the covey moved on, and the quail whispers faded with them.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
Some mornings there will be a covey of as many as 30 quail feeding in our garden.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
Chukar also did well in southeast Oregon and coveys are relatively numerous in the popular Hells Canyon.
—oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2019
Small coveys will slip out of the native vegetation into our garden and gather every day at our seed feeders.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2019
Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
Areas that always produce a covey were lifeless.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 16 Sep. 2020
Home gardens may see nesting mourning dove, a covey of baby quail, or the miracle of tiny hummingbird chicks hatching from miniature eggs in a nest not much bigger than a large thimble.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
This slower afternoon there were couples strolling, a few runners, a covey of bicycles, a family out for an autumn city walk — kids, parents, an older woman moving carefully using a walker.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2021
Soon the covey moved on, and the quail whispers faded with them.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
Some mornings there will be a covey of as many as 30 quail feeding in our garden.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
Chukar also did well in southeast Oregon and coveys are relatively numerous in the popular Hells Canyon.
—oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2019
Small coveys will slip out of the native vegetation into our garden and gather every day at our seed feeders.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2019
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“Covey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covey. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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