cove
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.
See Examples For:
It marked the second death this summer at Crescent Bay Beach, a popular quarter-mile cove in Laguna Beach that drawsin bodysurfers and divers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The ship is moored in an island cove, about 100 meters from a section of coastline, said Steven Pereira, president of the local government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
But south of the tunnel, Highway 1 still parallels a stretch of towering cliffs overlooking a sheltered cove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Kenzie said his belongings had been found by police and coastguard at a cove accessed by boat.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
I did not feel in my holiday mood to-day, and I had no wish to go off with Jasper to the Happy Valley and come to the cove and throw stones in the water.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
![]()
Highlights include an entry with a sweeping staircase, living room under coved ceilings, formal dining room, office and movie theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2020
Though it is state-of-the-art, the gallery looks splendidly 19th-century, with a coved ceiling and an overhead window that lets daylight in.
From Economist ● Sep. 18, 2014
All are put to good use, as are the coved recesses that allow for overlapping scenes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2012
This led by the late 1960s to works known as light encasements, squares of monochrome plastic with neon lights embedded along the edges, intended to be installed in white rooms with coved corners.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2012
Figure 54 shows an arrangement of rooms along a narrow ledge at the top of the talus, where the cliff wall is not coved or concave, but convex.
From The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 by Cosmos Mindeleff
Among those who left their mark are a group believed to have worked on the coving in 1968 and the earliest, a plasterer, T Harwood whose signature is dated 1843.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
This day of proceedings was characterized by those coving the trial as tense, as LaPierre repeatedly "tried to insert justifications for expenditures which Sheehan elicited in his questions."
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2021
I like to think the old face is still underneath like a piece of buried Victorian coving, snarling and bantering to itself behind the immobile corporate façade.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2010
I think I shoud some marshas helen a pray the Drom and coving the collas out of the pub.
From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by George Smith
The couch was overturned, with its coving and pillows strewn about.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing cove
Central America and the Caribbean - Introductory
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
Central America and the Caribbean - Middle School and High School
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
Red Kayak
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com – we'll help you make the most of your study time!