Copperas Cove

[ kop-er-uhs ]

/ ˈkɒp ər əs /

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noun

a town in central Texas.

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Words nearby Copperas Cove

Copper Age, copperah, Copper and Stone Age, copper arsenite, copperas, Copperas Cove, copper beech, Copper Belt, copper-bottomed, copper-fasten, copperhead

How to use Copperas Cove in a sentence

And I thought I should come back one day to do a giant walk over the Sydney Cove from the Opera House to the top of the bridge.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Cove Deli on Main Street buzzed with the sound of a generator, and the lights were dim but the doors thrown open.
Hamptons Residents Reel as Superstorm Sandy Recedes|Emily J. Weitz|October 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Louie Psihoyos' The Cove, on the other hand, feels entirely fresh, and is as dramatic and gripping as any live-action thriller.
How to Win the Office Oscar Pool|The Daily Beast|March 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Directed by Louie Psihoyos, a National Geographic photographer, The Cove is, on its face, eco-advocacy at its best.
The Top Six Documentary Oscar Contenders|Nicole LaPorte|December 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST

But the most compelling documentary of the year is The Cove.
The Top Six Documentary Oscar Contenders|Nicole LaPorte|December 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The mainland of the great northern cove and the eastern side of the Islands were thick with trees: oaks, buckeye, willows, madroo.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The hills that formed a cove of the great valley were bright with their houses and gardens, but very quiet.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
That young cove right opposite to you is one of the best-known sneak-thieves in the city.
The Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Going up the cove some distance, Henry Burns launched a rowboat and pulled rapidly across, landing some ways above the bluff.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
What they saw was the yacht Eagle, not far from the bluff, under full mainsail, standing out of the cove.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith