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180 example sentences for COPY, such as:

1. I will send you a copy of the file.
2. I will send you a copy of the report.
3. The copy closely matches the original.
4. European and Asiatic papers please copy.
5. Please send a copy of this letter to Mr Grey.

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 Meanings and Examples of COPY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
copy
 n.  a thing made to be similar or identical to another
 v.  make a similar or identical version of; reproduce
Classic Sentence: (113 in 8 pages)
1  The hushed class continued to copy out the themes.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  Stephen sat down at his right and the priest at the other side of the table closed his copy of THE TABLET with an angry snap and stood up.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  European and Asiatic papers please copy.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  It is the copy of his journal when abroad, and all that happened.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  I gave them each a copy to read in the library.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
6  One day when Father Butler was hearing the four pages of Roman History clumsy Leo Dillon was discovered with a copy of The Halfpenny Marvel.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AN ENCOUNTER
7  He still bought a copy of Reynolds's Newspaper every week but he attended to his religious duties and for nine-tenths of the year lived a regular life.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE BOARDING HOUSE
8  Always hurry and scurry, looking for copy and sometimes not finding it: and then, always to have something new in your stuff.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A LITTLE CLOUD
9  The middle of the month was passed and, if he could get the copy done in time, Mr. Alleyne might give him an order on the cashier.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
10  The man went up by the houses until he reached the door of the office, wondering whether he could finish his copy in time.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
11  The man listened to the clicking of the machine for a few minutes and then set to work to finish his copy.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
12  He struggled on with his copy, but when the clock struck five he had still fourteen pages to write.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
13  The man answered that he knew nothing about them, that he had made a faithful copy.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
14  A complete Wordsworth stood at one end of the lowest shelf and a copy of the Maynooth Catechism, sewn into the cloth cover of a notebook, stood at one end of the top shelf.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
15  The walls of the room were bare except for a copy of an election address.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
16  It was not the original painting, but a crude copy.
17  The copy closely matches the original.
18  The copy he made of the painting can pass for an authentic one.
19  If you can't afford a new copy of the book, perhaps you can find a second-hand one.
20  The subeditors prepare the reporters' copy for the paper.
21  The subeditors prepare the reporters' copy for the paper and write the headlines.
22  Five lucky winners will each receive a signed copy of the album.
23  You receive the top copy of the receipt, and we keep the carbon.
24  Members all receive a free copy of the monthly newsletter.
25  I will send you a copy of the file.
26  Please send a copy of this letter to Mr Grey.
27  I will send you a copy of the report.
28  It is authentic, genuine, and a true and correct copy of the original.
29  We compare the copy with the original, but there was not much difference.
30  You can't copy your file with this disc; it's full.