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• Amid the flutters of sunshine drifting through the dense canopy, I spotted my target.From the entry flutter
• The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute a network of life via their complex interactions.From the entry network
• The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.From the entry lean
• We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.From the entry slough
• Sunlight filtered blotchily through the forest canopy.From the entry blotchily
• The elevated terminus has a platform canopy that's neither use nor ornament.2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 56. From the entry sideless
• Free and falling, his midnight hair flowed out all around us like a silk canopy.2013, Sharon Ricklin, Ravenswynd Legends, page 143. From the entry midnight
• Adult phase shoots from the canopy of the mature male Kentucky coffeetree.2013 November 11, Y. P. S. Bajaj, Trees IV, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 198. From the entry watersprout
• The deciduous trees provide a beautiful green canopy, far out of sight of teachers and fellow students.2012, Four Leaf Studios, “Prologue”, in Katawa Shoujo. From the entry deciduous
• The banded leaf monkey (Presbytis femoralis) is a very shy animal and keeps to the canopy.2011, Peter K. L. Ng, Richard Corlett, Hugh T. W. Tan, Singapore Biodiversity, →ISBN. From the entry leaf monkey
• A wildly overscale concrete canopy juts over the main entry plaza.2007 October 28, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Where Gods Yearn for Long-Lost Treasures”, in New York Times. From the entry overscale
• Out on the lake small craft with pagodalike canopies ply the waters, transporting tourists.2007 September 16, Paula Deitz, “Where Progress Is Just a Walk in the Park”, in New York Times. From the entry pagodalike
• Click: granite inselberg, like a great igneous gumdrop, protruding above forest canopy.2003, David Quammen, “Saving Africa's Eden”, in National Geographic, volume 204, number 3. From the entry inselberg
• Or be seated like an Infanta beneath a silk Ombrifuge, canopied from the glorious Light?2002 [2001], John Fuller, chapter 3, in The Memoirs of Laetitia Horsepole, by Herself, Great Britain: Vintage, page 89. From the entry ombrifuge
• Training systems for vertical trellises are categorized as having either divided or nondivided canopies.1995, Tony K. Wolf, Edward Barclay Poling, Thomas W. Knecht, The Mid-Atlantic Winegrape Grower's Guide, page 63. From the entry nondivided
• To avoid getting clamshelled, first check the seat pins, then climb in before you pin the canopy.1994 May-June, John Bastin, “ClamShelled”, in Mech, volume 3, number 94, page 14. From the entry clamshell
• Water temperature can be altered with the removal of overstream canopy.1989, The Greater Yellowstone Postfire Assessment, Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee, page 84. From the entry overstream
• Thistledown hung suspended, a canopy of stars overhead, a mirrorful of stars beneath.1989 October, Ivor Wilkins, “The Hidden Algarve”, in Cruising World, page 93, columns 1–2. From the entry mirrorful
• A manually operated 28' seat assy with a white C-8 canopy.1984, Dan Poynter, The parachute manual: a technical treatise on aerodynamic decelerators, page 172. From the entry assy
• Swindon: Deep-seated heavy corrosion in the cast-iron station canopy supports may force their replacement when funding is available.2022 September 21, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Western”, in RAIL, number 966, page 26. From the entry deep-seated
• The first phase of the station facelift includes decluttering the ticket office, a brighter concourse, and a longer London-bound platform canopy.2022 January 26, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 949, page 28. From the entry declutter
• The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in RAIL, page 67. From the entry forlorn
• In the canopy, friendly birds (not the desperate, demented scavengers that sometimes overflew the plains) chirped and laboured on their nests.2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 193. From the entry overfly
• Hence, the observed patterns suggest that some undercanopy species appear mainly close to a specific canopy species, and vice versa.2015 November 19, “Nature and Age of Neighbours Matter: Interspecific Associations among Tree Species Exist and Vary across Life Stages in…. From the entry undercanopy
• First, tree wells are formed when the canopy of a tree prevents snow from accumulating at the base.2012, Eli Burakian, Basic Illustrated Snowshoeing, →ISBN, page 70. From the entry tree well
• The forest canopy sprawled above them full of holes.2010, Adam Lifshey, As Green as Paradise, page 68. From the entry leafstorm
• The wind caught the reserve canopy, billowed it out.2007 September 5, David S. Michaels, Daniel Brenton, “March 25, 1969: Over the Gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia”, in Red Moon, Barrington…. From the entry flumpf
• The reserve canopy snapped open, seemed to yank him skyward.2007 September 5, David S. Michaels, Daniel Brenton, “March 25, 1969: Over the Gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia”, in Red Moon, Barrington…. From the entry flumpf
• Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems.2006, Stefani Jackenthal, New York Times. From the entry lush
• Actually, a porte cochère is a canopy extending from a building to shelter people getting in and out of vehicles.2004, Gary A. Dias, Robbie Dingeman, “Your Home is Your Castle”, in Honolulu CSI: An Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminal…. From the entry porte cochère
• He slept there from time to time, in the fantasy of the canopied bed, with its countless pillows.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 8, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry canopied
• The silhouet of the canopy is everywhere in the city.2004, International Architecture Competition: Ephemeral Structures in the City of Athens, →ISBN, page 22, column 2. From the entry silhouet
• Yeah, Babe, I guess I got about seven hours in the hot sun under the bubble canopy but I'm OK now.2002, Charles W. Dryden, Benjamin O Davis, A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, page 229. From the entry spratmo
• A comfortable litter of pine needles had mattressed the ground and spreading branches had been a canopy overhead.1997, Andrew R. M. Patterson, A planet through a field of stars, page 123. From the entry mattress
• So we actually proved that the old folklore about a dense canopy leading to very veggie wines was true, Noble said.1993 July 21, “Reading between the WINES”, in San Diego (California) Union-Tribune. From the entry veggie
• His canopy had snagged on the tailplane of the aircraft, causing him to Roman-candle into the rocky desert ground.1990, Michael Asher, Shoot to Kill: A Soldier's Journey Through Violence, page 189. From the entry roman-candle
• The wings are (at high intensity) spread quite widely and thrust forward like a canopy in front of the anting bird.1986, Derek Goodwin, Crows of the World, 2nd edition, London: British Museum (Natural History), →ISBN, page 199. From the entry anting
• Doghair stands result from too many pine trees regenerating following fire or clearcutting which opens the forest canopy.1983, United States Bureau of Land Management. Platte River Resource Area, Forest ecology/plant identification trail, page 7. From the entry doghair
• Four blue sacristans carried the canopied chair of honor, the divine tourist smiling out as if delighted with everything she saw.1979, JACK WILLIAMSON, BROTHER TO DEMON BROTHER TO GODS. From the entry halfgod

Meaning of canopy

1. noun A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
2. noun Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. noun The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

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Questions about canopy in a sentence

How do you use canopy in a sentence?

Canopy is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Amid the flutters of sunshine drifting through the dense canopy, I spotted my target.”

What is a short sentence with canopy?

“Sunlight filtered blotchily through the forest canopy.”

What does canopy mean?

Canopy means a high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.