cope

[koʊp]

Definition:
1. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
2. Come to terms or deal successfully with.

Use 'cope' in a sentence:

• 1. She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store.
• 2. I was left to cope on my own.
• 3. She has had to cope with losing all her previous status and money.
• 4. In a sense, you cope between two extremes.
• 5. We don't know how to cope with the situation.
• 6. Never before has the industry had to cope with war and recession at the same time.
• 7. To cope with these data, hospitals bought large mainframe computers.
• 8. He found he could no longer cope with his demanding job.
• 9. He was thick-skinned enough to cope with her taunts.
• 10. Leo finds it hard to cope with Scorpio's jealousy and possessiveness.
• 11. When you're older I think you're better equipped mentally to cope with whatever happens.
• 12. She seems at once feminine and able to cope in a man's world.
• 13. Some students cope with this shock by avoiding challenges.
• 14. If only I could get some sleep, I would be able to cope.
• 15. Depression lowers the human ability to cope with disease.
• 16. The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance.
• 17. New roads are being built to cope with the increased volume of traffic.
• 18. Yes, I'm not sure how I'm going to cope with the work.
• 19. Joe coped admirably with a difficult situation.
• 20. They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic.
• 21. There was no way she could have coped with a baby around.
• 22. My mind seems to be able to cope and the information is stored away neatly.
• 23. Many scientists, therefore, believe that crying somehow helps us cope with emotional situations.
• 24. New blades have been designed to cope with the effects of dead insects.
• 25. The transport service cannot cope with the strain of so many additional passengers.
• 26. I'm trying to cope. These things happen. You have to cope.
• 27. As an asthmatic, he cannot cope with the heat and humidity.
• 28. His wife would not be able to cope and might suffer a nervous breakdown.
• 29. The group will study how the region coped with the loss of thousands of jobs.
• 30. Many hospitals and centers help patients cope.
• 31. I couldn't cope with the added burden of being a cop as well as a victim.
• 32. Hospitals said they could not cope with the wounded.
• 33. These are things fast-food firms have learnt to cope with.
• 34. To cope with this amount of data, the system will need a bandwidth of around 100mhz.
• 35. When the children misbehaved she was unable to cope.
• 36. Somehow Karin managed to cope with the demands of her career.
• 37. We didn't know how we would cope once the money had gone.
• 38. Desert plants are adapted to cope with extreme heat.
• 39. Farmers are struggling to cope with an invasion of slugs.
• 40. Fit people are better able to cope with stress.
• 41. You will learn to cope with the stresses and strains of public life.
• 42. He wasn't able to cope with the stresses and strains of the job.
• 43. We have taken on extra staff to cope with the increased workload.