How to Use canopy in a Sentence

canopy

1 of 2 noun
  • A canopy hung over the altar.
  • Are canopies and awnings the same thing?
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • The idea is to thin dense canopies so snow falls through.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In the case of forests, this would be the tree canopy.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Some are shaded by tree canopy.
    — Diana Stralberg, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Comfort starts with the knit mesh canopy.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Or adding a tree canopy to absorb heat.
    — Alyssa Andrews, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The canopies of the trees are two and three stories high.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The canopy that covered his gas pumps had been swept away.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Plants have small leaves produced on dense, full canopies.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The crowd crouched – then sprinted away from the canopy.
    — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The lower the score, the greater the need for a tree canopy.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Take a look at the base of the plants or within the canopy of brown fronds.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The two rushed over, as a few others joined to help pry open the plane's canopy.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Plus, eight velcro straps help secure the canopy to the pole.
    — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2023
  • Hang a sheet above the hot tub for a canopy effect in the backyard.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Rose of Sharon also makes a good hedge but has a more open canopy.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Arrange some pop-up canopy tents, tables and chairs.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025
  • On open roads, poles are used to provide a canopy of netting.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Langur monkeys screeched from the canopy above.
    — Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But, there’s still a cost to pay while living under a canopy of leaves.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Thin out crowded areas but don’t leave large holes in the tree’s canopy.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The entire canopy has been covered.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Stay dry and away from the sun at the next cookout or beach day with this pop-up canopy tent.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Stay dry and away from the sun at the next cookout or beach day with this pop-up canopy tent.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The top canopy is dome-shaped, which helps to direct the breeze into the shells.
    — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Over time, the canopy thins, the leaves crinkle, and the tree slowly dies.
    — Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Keep the canopy open to bask in the full sun, or extend it to enjoy the cool shade.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2026
  • Or climbing to the top of the rainforest canopy by rope.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Little rain can reach the forest floor because of the canopy.
    — Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025

canopy

2 of 2 verb
  • Skip the indoors and take a seat under the tree canopies that twinkle with small lights at night.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Guests at this hotel have access to a petite lazy river canopied by thatch palms.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Dangling anime plushies, string lights and vintage flip phones canopy the ceiling.
    — Misty White Sidell | Wwd, latimes.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Cottonwood trees canopy the water and turn golden in the waning fall days.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The lawn is canopied by mature trees, while a lakeside pergola provides shade and a fire pit.
    — Ashley Hays-Weaver, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • The path was canopied by tall trees with prominent signs indicating the points where paths split.
    — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • The city’s mile-long beach is carpeted by bright towels and canopied by a pageant of umbrellas.
    — Julie Besonen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The bed is canopied with a canvas tarp, with a chandelier made from four flashlights hanging above.
    — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Shady porches and hammocks in the garden, chaises near the river’s sandy beach and a long dock with chairs canopied with shade.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The toddler’s father was nearby but unable to see the armrest and canopy clearly.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a spectacular oak woodlands canopy here that provides a cool reprieve even on a triple-digit day.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2020
  • By contrast, the first floor bedroom has a wide and generous window that brings the landscape and canopy into the house.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Multiple layers are sown — from shrub to canopy — in a dense arrangement of about three to five plantings per square meter.
    — Cara Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Lusk would like to see greenways canopied with trees, which are scarce in the industrial corridors where projects are taking place.
    — Micheline Maynard, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Just map, identify, and measure the diameter and canopy width of urban trees.
    — Eva Lewandowski, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2017
  • The human propensity for fashioning tools — though not quite unique — may also have been an adaptation to canopy life.
    — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Ceanothus blooms bring on the bees, canopies host essential moths and butterflies, and birds find comfort in its cover.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The veinlike threads of yarn form canopies over the lobby staircase, so that visitors must pass through tunnels of it to enter the museum.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • He is more easily imagined in his rural composing studio, canopied by quaking aspen trees and a big northern sky.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
  • This includes the magic carpet canopies over the beds and a divider, which separates a reading nook from the room, studded with acrylic and resin gemstones.
    — Lia Picard, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Take, for instance, this backyard California porch, which is canopied by lush vegetation.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Look for beach umbrella canopies with a UPF rating of 50+ for the highest protection against the sun.
    — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
  • One of the foundation’s recent projects is a tree equity report that will clue them, as well as city staff and developers, into which neighborhoods are lacking tree canopy the most.
    — Dallas News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Forests of Japanese cedar canopy the zig-zagging roads, sometimes beside paths bordered by Azorean blueberries and small orchids.
    — Jeanine Barone, CNN, 26 May 2022
  • Built in 1929, the five-bedroom, five-bathroom home was surrounded by leafy landscaping, and fronted by a courtyard and fountain canopied by mature trees.
    — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Placing an umbrella or canopy over an AC condenser does not improve its efficiency or lower energy costs, experts say.
    — Dezimey Kum, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Inspired by Beckham's very own gardens, the terrace will include groupings of troughs and cubes, and a dramatic archway, canopying the entrance into the restaurant with scented garden roses and white wisteria.
    — Vogue, 21 May 2018
  • Carpeted by wheat fields and canopied by hardwood forests, the 23-square-mile island is easy to navigate, though first-time visitors might appreciate climbing Lookout Tower to get their bearings.
    — Kurt Chandler, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
  • Interactive experiences have popped up at airports all over the world, like at Singapore's Jewel at Changi Airport, which features everything from sky nets to a hedge maze and canopy bridge to pass the time before a flight.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The village would also attempt to solicit greater public involvement in the maintenance of the tree canopy through a multiyear arrangement with the TreeKeepers program, maintained by Illinois conservation not-for-profit Openlands.
    — Joshua Irvine, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022

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