covering

Example Sentences

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The textured wall covering wasn’t a hit, but after bit of a do-si-do, they hit on cushioning for packages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The warning, covering northern England, north-west Wales and southern Scotland, will begin at 19:00 BST and is due to expire at 03:00 on Sunday.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Those might include establishing a federal reinsurance program that shares natural disaster risks with insurers, or covering the risk itself similarly to how the National Flood Insurance Program works.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Perhaps that’s somewhat different from covering a duvet with a bedspread — although, in fairness, that doesn’t exist either.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

I tried covering my face with a pillow but that didn’t blot out a thing.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls