How to Use canopy in a Sentence

canopy

1 of 2 noun

• A canopy hung over the altar.
• Vast green canopies graced the land and cooled the desert.
  — Judy Berlfein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
• Head of School Robert Macrae added the school would plant trees in the lot that add to the area's canopy.
  — The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2023
• The top canopy is dome-shaped, which helps to direct the breeze into the shells.
  — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
• Plus, eight velcro straps help secure the canopy to the pole.
  — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2023
• One way is to have a recessed entry with a canopy over it.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
• An old kitchen’s drop ceiling stayed, giving the space around the bed the feel of a private canopy.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2023
• Apply water to the soil around the outer third of the tree’s canopy and about a yard beyond the drip line.
  — oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• One of the images shows these symptoms more toward the base of the canopy and much less toward the top.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2023
• But both of them disliked the lack of a peekaboo window in the canopy.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 27 Sep. 2023
• But, there’s still a cost to pay while living under a canopy of leaves.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• Higher up in the canopy, sesquiterpenes were harder to track.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• Size and Weight The base has to be sturdy enough to support the canopy’s weight—and the right size to accommodate the pole.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2023
• The prayer canopy has no sidings to protect from the elements for overnight stays.
  — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024
• The midday heat, which comes on hard and thick in July, is cut in half by a canopy of enormous oaks and ash.
  — Martha McPhee, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
• Get rid of the flammable stuff abutting your house — from wood mulch to flammable plants to trees, if their canopies are getting close to your house.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• Every day, 12 hours of sunlight strikes their canopies and beams down through cracks to ferns on the forest floor.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2023
• This is an air show and such things are banned by the FAA Leave your tents, canopies, stakes, pennant lines, and hammocks at home.
  — The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2023
• The trees surrounding the parking lot made a circle, their canopies framing a dome of sky.
  — Jessica Francis Kane, Harper's Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
• This 360-degree bird’s-eye view of tree canopy reveals why avians flock to Sanibel.
  — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The bed also comes with a removable, waterproof canopy that will shield your pet from the sun and rain.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
• Plus, the canopy is UV-resistant to protect it from fading.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2023
• The canopy also provides shade and protection from the sun's harmful UV rays.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
• The canopy provides great sun protection while still allowing the breeze to pass through.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
• There was a golden crown and drapery that formed a canopy above baby Adira’s crib.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
• Conte said the canopy, which has been in the works for a few years, is planned to have large sails in colors such as red, blue, orange, yellow and green.
  — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
• Trantalis argued for preserving a two-block section of median with the most trees and the fullest tree canopy.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
• Other artwork includes a sculpture of a giant blue heron perched along the path, and a colorful person atop an abstract tree canopy.
  — James Taylor, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
• On open roads, poles are used to provide a canopy of netting.
  — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
• More than a foot of fluffy, perfect snow blanketed the trails and the tree branches hung down like a ski-through canopy of snow.
  — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026

canopy

2 of 2 verb

• The city’s mile-long beach is carpeted by bright towels and canopied by a pageant of umbrellas.
  — Julie Besonen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2017
• Dangling anime plushies, string lights and vintage flip phones canopy the ceiling.
  — Misty White Sidell | Wwd, latimes.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• The path was canopied by tall trees with prominent signs indicating the points where paths split.
  — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• Guests at this hotel have access to a petite lazy river canopied by thatch palms.
  — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Cottonwood trees canopy the water and turn golden in the waning fall days.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2021
• The human propensity for fashioning tools — though not quite unique — may also have been an adaptation to canopy life.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
• He is more easily imagined in his rural composing studio, canopied by quaking aspen trees and a big northern sky.
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
• Forests of Japanese cedar canopy the zig-zagging roads, sometimes beside paths bordered by Azorean blueberries and small orchids.
  — Jeanine Barone, CNN, 26 May 2022
• Take, for instance, this backyard California porch, which is canopied by lush vegetation.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
• Carpeted by wheat fields and canopied by hardwood forests, the 23-square-mile island is easy to navigate, though first-time visitors might appreciate climbing Lookout Tower to get their bearings.
  — Kurt Chandler, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
• Inspired by Beckham's very own gardens, the terrace will include groupings of troughs and cubes, and a dramatic archway, canopying the entrance into the restaurant with scented garden roses and white wisteria.
  — Vogue, 21 May 2018
• Floors are rough-hewn timber planks, beds are canopied in diaphanous white cotton, and freestanding bathtubs are positioned to capitalize on the extraordinary scenery.
  — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2023