covey

Example Sentences

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Goodbye as well to a covey of quarterbacks, several of whom didn’t impress despite getting ample opportunities with most starters sitting out the entire preseason.

From Los Angeles Times

The book resonates with a rustic knowingness that coveys the intricacies and suspicions of tightly bound lives.

From Los Angeles Times

In the fall and winter, quail typically live in flocks, or coveys, with about a dozen birds.

From Washington Post

The Continental Congress could be driven from one location to another like a covey of pigeons, and it was.

From Literature

In a 1916 interview with the Washington Evening Star, Bailey described the coveys of quail that roamed the fringes of Washington, “fed by the police patrolling the outskirts of the city.”

From Washington Post