covey

Example Sentences

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There was so much bobbing and grinning and nodding up and down, they looked like a covey of quails.

From Literature

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