How to Use uncover in a Sentence

uncover

verb
Definition of uncovernext
Synonyms for uncovernext
  • Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient city.
  • Police uncovered a criminal plot.
  • Our team wants to hear your tips, chase the leads and uncover the truth.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The film uncovers the story of the crash that took the lives of so many and looms over the world of motorsports to this day.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
  • At this time, the baths were uncovered and were for men only.
    — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Spread the carrots out in the dish and return to the oven, uncovered, to roast until browned, about 20 minutes.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Just how long the work will take depends on what sort of issues are uncovered, Mann said.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Now, his medical team will work to uncover the cause and next steps.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 26 July 2023
  • The secret to the barbecue’s splendid flavor isn’t hard to uncover: just peek around the back of the building at the massive mounds of split oak logs beside the pit house.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Tiffany also acquired 35 pink diamonds this year from the Argyle mine—among the last lots uncovered—then turned around and sold the group to a single client.
    — Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The search for that truth uncovers deeper ones still, in the process unearthing hatchets that had seemed buried and reopening wounds that had appeared healed.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The man’s remains were uncovered in a peat bog in Vittrup, Denmark, during peat cutting in 1915.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Thanks to some advances in gene-editing technology, a new clue to ape tail loss has been uncovered.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Green said that the sand is pretty dynamic there, but the wreck of the Major Anderson is often uncovered.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Crews last week uncovered major damage to at least 60% of the buildings in the area, including the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge and gift shop, as well as the wastewater treatment system that serves the area.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Men, women and 23 children were buried at the site uncovered by a team of archaeologists.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Officials that searched the area did not uncover any other remains.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Their reunion is cut short by an earthquake that uncovers three phonographic records that contain the secret rites to one of the three volumes of the Necronomicon.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, more research is needed to uncover all of the benefits of this powerful nootropic.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The researchers also uncovered cave lion paw bones, including two digit bones, from a cave site in the Harz Mountains.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • It’s helped uncover pre-Hispanic settlements in the forests of Bolivia, Brazil and Belize.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Bake, uncovered, for 25 to 30 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The members of the Bling Ring that were sentenced after Goodkin’s conflict of interest was uncovered got much lighter sentences.
    — Vulture, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The researchers uncovered three to four warehouses on the site that were each likely used by different traders coming across the Mediterranean to store goods and bring them to market in the new Roman city.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
  • One woman's screams pierced through the courtyard as bodies were freshly uncovered on Monday.
    — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Bake, uncovered, until golden and bubbly around edges and center is just set, about 45 minutes.
    — Emily Nabors Hall, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
  • There is unexpected delight in discovering the web of connections the show uncovers, both in the history of who made the clothes and who wore them.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The detective will delve into a world of vice, drugs and corruption to uncover something that threatens to topple some of the city’s wealthiest elite.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Five locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair have been used to help uncover information about the German composer's health.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Chill rice mixture, uncovered, until cold, about 1 hour.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023

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