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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a canopy of shadow" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an area that is covered or shaded by something, often evoking imagery of trees or structures that block light.
Example: "As we walked through the forest, we found ourselves enveloped in a canopy of shadow, the sunlight barely piercing through the dense leaves above."
Alternatives: "a shroud of darkness" or "a veil of shade".
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A canopy of shadow was slowly rolling across the silver treetops, settling the leaves into their darkest green.
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The sun slides behind a canopy of dark forest.
What years of weather did to branch and boughNo canopy of shadow covers now, And these great trunks, when the wind's rough and bleak,Though little shaken, can be heard to creak.
Personally, I can't imagine that it gets much better than this: the sun peeling back the mountains' canopy of shadow to reveal Sa Foradada in morn-gilt glory.
by Sharon Levy What years of weather did to branch and boughNo canopy of shadow covers now, And these great trunks, when the wind's rough and bleak,Though little shaken, can be heard to creak.
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You arrive at the park under a canopy of stars.
There was a canopy of leaves over my head.
It sat under a canopy of reeds meant to hide it from the airplanes overhead.
Outside, birds chirp and children play under a canopy of trees.
Above me is a canopy of trees.
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