copse

Example Sentences

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I remember pulling my rental car into the parking lot of a small church tucked away in a copse.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

Around every bend are tiny rewards - a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023

The hulking mass of the Hagia Sophia, the sixth-century church that became the enduring symbol of Christendom, seemed like a basilica to me again, surrounded by a copse of slim, tapered minarets.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

The remains were found by a forestry worker in a beech copse by the road which runs between Cirencester and Stroud.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2020

My only hope is to make it back to Rue's copse and conceal myself in greenery.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins