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Example sentences for "covies"

Lexicographically close words:
covetously; covetousness; covets; covey; coveys; coving; cow; coward; cowardice; cowardise
  1. We started up three or four covies of quail between the road and here.

  2. A single one of them will destroy whole covies of quail, kill partridges, ducks, and song-birds, to say nothing of all sorts of domestic fowls.

  3. The regular covies paired off with their covesses, and the moving panorama of elegance and fashion presented a scene that was truly delightful to Bob.

  4. For," said he, "you will here have to mingle with some of the queer Gills and rum Covies of all ranks.

  5. Perhaps, when the latter first settle in a country, a few covies may be seen; under the favorable influences of wheat and corn-fields, the dozens increase to thousands and cover the land.

  6. I have often seen covies go down in the grass but a few hundred yards away, yet have tramped through the spot dozens of times without raising a single bird.

  7. They had hatched out much later than usual, hence the waiting until the middle of September, but covies were abnormally large and the young birds already strong upon the wing.

  8. Gray church towers embowered in trees broke the vast monotony, and I surrendered myself to a happy dream of Juanita, while Arthur and Pat talked shooting and marked covies that rose on either side as we whirred by.

  9. I tell yer, me and the other covies is jest hoping to make yer acquaintance.

  10. Now for the river, and I jest hope that that fellow Hanns Schlott and his covies won't get a sight of us.


  11. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "covies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.