covered wagon
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On July 14, it shared a painting depicting a young 19th-century couple in a covered wagon, craning over an infant, the plains and mountains extending into the distance behind them.
From Slate • Aug. 14, 2025
A week or so before that, “A Prayer for a New Life,” artist Morgan Weistling’s westward-expansion-era scene featuring a white family in a covered wagon making their way across golden plains.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
Perhaps I was the chosen one who would carry these tales into a new generation, passing down stories of America’s wine-sloshed aunts like I was spinning a yarn in the back of a covered wagon.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
I doubted Dryden would last very long in a covered wagon out on the prairie.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
Then I stated my business, namely, that Papa wanted him to let me use Big Red and Satan and the covered wagon.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
