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For COPE, below is one of 34 sentences:
It was, indeed, a majestic idea that the destiny of nations should be revealed, in these awful hieroglyphics, on the cope of heaven.

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 Meanings and Examples of COPE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cope
 n.  a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions
 n.  brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  The rector would be there in a cope of black and gold and there would be tall yellow candles on the altar and round the catafalque.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  It was possible, if not likely, the Professor urged, that the Count might appear in Piccadilly during the day, and that if so we might be able to cope with him then and there.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
3  Another cope was of green velvet, embroidered with heart-shaped groups of acanthus-leaves, from which spread long-stemmed white blossoms, the details of which were picked out with silver thread and coloured crystals.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
4  And when ordinary fellows like you and me attempt to cope with their idiosyncrasies the result is bungling.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXII
5  He admitted that he would not be able to cope with this monster.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  The Prior Aymer had taken the opportunity afforded him, of changing his riding robe for one of yet more costly materials, over which he wore a cope curiously embroidered.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  Of course, when I had left the country there was no one to cope with him.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
8  It was, indeed, a majestic idea that the destiny of nations should be revealed, in these awful hieroglyphics, on the cope of heaven.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
9  There were ever so many generals hungry for the position, and they tried, but they couldn't cope with it.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
10  Within the palace and under the bare cope of sky was a massive altar, and hard on the altar an ancient bay tree leaned clasping the household gods in its shadow.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
11  The coping of the wall had been torn away.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS
12  The wall was surmounted by a flat stone without a coping.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS
13  Caderousse climbed the ladder slowly, and looked over the coping to see if the street was quiet.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 82. The Burglary.
14  As I did the same I felt the hand of the man behind me grab at my ankle, but I kicked myself free and scrambled over a grass-strewn coping.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
15  I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AN ENCOUNTER
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.
2  His wife would not be able to cope and might suffer a nervous breakdown.
3  The rebels were ill-equipped to cope with Western weapons and forces.
4  I cannot cope with that boy; he is stubborn.
5  We needed to reskill our workforce to cope with massive technological change.
6  He found he could no longer cope with his demanding job.
7  To cope with these data, hospitals bought large mainframe computers.
8  It must be difficult to cope with three small children and a job.
9  They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic.
10  An even distribution has an added advantage, the institution will be better able to cope with the Unpredictable.
11  At present many sheltered housing schemes are trying to cope with severe difficulties in relation to dementing tenants.
12  The transport service cannot cope with the strain of so many additional passengers.
13  Sometimes I find it hard to cope.
14  His indefatigable spirit helped him to cope with his illness.
15  She has had to cope with losing all her previous status and money.