How to Use constitution in a Sentence

constitution

noun

• The state's constitution has strict rules about what tax money can be used for.
• Members of the club have drafted a new constitution.
• What is the molecular constitution of the chemical?
• The state's original constitution is on display at the museum.
• He has a robust constitution.
• Only animals with strong constitutions are able to survive the island's harsh winters.
• Chileans are about to vote on the new constitution that came out of that process, at a Sept. 4 referendum.
  — Time, 31 Aug. 2022
• France is by its constitution a secular country with a strict division between church and state.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 29 Nov. 2024
• The transportation tax extension does not amend the constitution.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
• The biggest worry for many here is what will happen if Sogavare goes through with his plan to amend the constitution and defer next year’s election.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
• The ambition to join the bloc is also enshrined in Georgia's constitution.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2024
• In Kentucky, voters rejected a measure to amend the state’s constitution that would have paved the way for lawmakers to bring up school choice policies.
  — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
• It's not explicitly written in the constitution, even though there is another constitutional clause that does say that as well.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
• City officials cited the same provision in the state constitution that Gordon relied on to justify their suspension of lease payments.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
• Japan has traditionally avoided acquiring weapons that can attack other countries because of its constitution, which renounces war.
  — Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
• To thwart the constitution and the orders of the court.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
• The state is the first to amend its constitution to do so.
  — Allison Garfield, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2020
• The brothers need 150 seats to be able to change the constitution.
  — Bharatha Mallawarachi, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
• The object in question is the body of the constitution.
  — Marc Fisher, David Nakamura, Alaska Dispatch News, 12 July 2017
• Hundreds of Tunisians marched in protest of the draft constitution in the days leading up to the vote.
  — Chao Deng, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• Voters in 2015 added the new rules to the state constitution.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
• The plants are now due to be mothballed, but the constitution is standing in the way.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2021
• Trace the path where the state constitution was stashed in the Charter Oak Tree.
  — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
• That's because the constitution leaves that kind of police power in the hands of the states.
  — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020
• The judges have not only upheld the constitution in the past year.
  — The Economist, 20 June 2020
• This led to a clash over how the constitution can be amended.
  — Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
• Cilek says his group believes such a change would need to be made to the state constitution.
  — Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2019
• Once the results of the April 2024 election are certified, the new parts of the constitution would be in place.
  — Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
• Slavery was a big part of the debate around the constitution.
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• His martial law declaration was originally invalid and a grave violation of the constitution.
  — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024