canopy
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:
Aboard the popemobile, the smiling pontiff blessed several babies and waved to worshippers, as he made his way from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde, where a giant white canopy was installed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
But it’s a wait advocates say is well worth it, one that will prove that a community, Altadena or elsewhere, can rebuild its canopy if it’s willing to invest now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
From Virginia to north Florida and west to Texas, tens of millions of denuded acres were planted with rows of pine, restoring the region’s canopy and creating a new asset class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In an old-growth forest with a dense, multi-layered canopy, visual estimates can be highly misleading.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The rain is coming down harder now, and the canopy of leaves provides little protection.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
![]()
Building sites, for example, must provide workers with suitable clothing such as jackets with built-in fans, as well as air-conditioned break rooms and canopies to ensure shade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Their thick bark and elevated canopies offer protection, while smaller fires clear vegetation, recycle nutrients, and create conditions that help new sequoias grow.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
I saw canopies of Iraqi flags, bodies out every window, everyone dancing to a faint hip-hop pulse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Officials say large canopies create a similar visibility problem in Laguna Beach, where beaches are much more narrow and often hemmed in by coves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
At night, in her bed, she rides in the belly of Captain Nemo’s Nautilus, below the gales, while canopies of coral drift overhead.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
![]()
To kill some time before cocktail hour, I visited the free Richelieu Library, where I joined other tourists peering into the Labrouste Room, canopied with a Byzantine-inspired nine-dome ceiling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
First-time feature director Rachael Abigail Holder’s cinematic postcard to loss and mutability is an attractive tableau of aged brownstones and new hot spots, canopied streets and hilly parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Surrounded by hundreds of police officers and supporters, they hunker down inside a canopied structure made of blue tarpaulin sheets that serves as a tent.
From BBC ● May 22, 2023
I want her world to be canopied by moonlight and the breathtaking Milky Way.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
When they pulled up alongside the Manhattan, Pocock found that the dock was a jumble of offices, storage sheds, stacks of cargo, and canopied gangways for passengers.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
![]()
Under the canopying smoke of London or Edinburgh, even amongst the beautiful fields of England or Scotland, there is nothing to be made of him.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
The latter had become known at the Nest, solely by the circumstance that the object which had so lately canopied aristocracy in St. Andrew's, Ravensrest, was now canopying pigs up at the farm house.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
Vocabulary lists containing canopy
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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!
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
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!
The Devil's Arithmetic
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!