COVERED in a Sentence

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Her glance fell on his hand, which now completely covered the end of her work and grasped it as if it were a part of herself.

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 Meanings and Examples of COVERED
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covered
 a.  overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her glance fell on his hand, which now completely covered the end of her work and grasped it as if it were a part of herself.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  She sprang to her feet as Ethan entered and carried the covered dish of meat-pie to the table.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  James and Andrew, who had begun by hauling goods in covered wagons from Savannah to Georgia's inland towns, had prospered into a store of their own, and Gerald prospered with them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  The muddy Flint River, running silently between walls of pine and water oak covered with tangled vines, wrapped about Gerald's new land like a curving arm and embraced it on two sides.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Her voice trailed off as she went down the long open passageway, covered only by a roof, that led into the kitchen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  In her large black hands was a tray upon which food smoked, two large yams covered with butter, a pile of buckwheat cakes dripping syrup, and a large slice of ham swimming in gravy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  He hated their cool courtesy to him and their contempt for his social status, so inadequately covered by their courtesy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
8  At the same moment, Scarlett's eye was caught by a figure on the sidewalk in a brightly colored dress--too bright for street wear-- covered by a Paisley shawl with fringes to the heels.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  Miss Faith was driving, her face like a rock, and for once, her teeth were covered by her lips.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  The train bearing the wounded had already come in and the litter bearers were working swiftly in the hot sun, transferring wounded into ambulances and covered ordnance wagons.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  The lawn was covered with prostrate men, too tired to walk farther, too weak from wounds to move.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
12  Later, in the long, hot summer twilight, the ambulances came rumbling down the road from the battle field and commissary wagons, covered with muddy canvas.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
13  Long lines of soldiers were passing, dust covered, sodden with weariness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
14  When she did, Scarlett dropped her head into her hands and covered her ears and twisted her body and wished that she herself were dead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
15  Dead men and dead horses, yes, and dead mules, lying by the road, swollen, covered with flies, but nothing alive.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Everything was covered with a fine layer of dust.
17  The plants were covered in fine snow.
18  The floor is covered with a red carpet.
19  A passing lorry covered us in mud from head to foot.
20  Her legs were covered in scratches and bruises after her walk through the forest.
21  A fresh layer of snow covered the street.
22  The front of the building was covered with ivy.
23  The nettles had spread and now covered half the garden.
24  The airborne radioactive particles have covered a huge area of Russia.
25  The failure to carry out assessments and to inform and involve parents has already been covered here.
26  The windows were covered in wire mesh to keep out flies.
27  One small fire in the kitchen covered the whole house in soot.
28  He covered her mouth to stop her from screaming.
29  Garland covered his mouth with his hand and belched discreetly.
30  Her hands were covered with oil and grease.