How to Use covenant in a Sentence

covenant

noun

• The restrictive covenants of the building development prohibit the construction of buildings over 30 feet tall.
• Each day of the week is devoted to one of the covenants, the coach said.
  — Bob Lundeberg For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2019
• This, to me, was the point of the whole covenant, of faith and fandom itself.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• David’s line was required to be faithful to the covenant.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
• Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Nov. 2019
• The covenant limits the number of people who can live there and lasts for 50 years.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2022
• In Los Angeles, Lawler’s Law is the covenant that states the first team to score 100 points wins a game.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022
• It's taken 25 years to create a set of policies, a set of covenants, a set of rules.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 23 June 2019
• That should be the covenant made by any player who opts for early entry in the draft.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• In this brutally unequal world, isn’t that part of the covenant with our pets?
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many so that their sins may be forgiven.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 8 Feb. 2023
• That broke the covenant of trust between the storyteller and the listener.
  — Paula Woods, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• The married woman, and married man, then sealed their new covenant with a kiss.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
• Covenant becomes the sixth school to join the conference, which began in 2016.
  — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2017
• The electric covenant is nigh, and perhaps the Earth’s salvation is at hand.
  — Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
• Racial covenants tucked into property deeds once barred the sale of homes to non-whites.
  — Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• Call it a hybrid work covenant, and everybody has to sign on.
  — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• This is a kid who grew up under the covenant of who God really is.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 10 Apr. 2018
• The restrictive covenant found in Bay Ridge isn't an anomaly.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• Each of these generated a brand-new covenant among the people and between the people and the state.
  — Siva Vaidhyanathan, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2022
• One rule is that ADUs must be recorded on the property’s deed covenant.
  — Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
• The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2022
• Then, it will be sold with protective covenants are added.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 10 Oct. 2017
• Despite the vote, the covenant has never been formally changed.
  — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
• And like Sandquist and other students at Grace, the lifestyle covenant fit right in with his beliefs.
  — Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• However, when Avraham and Sarah were chosen, ra’ah was in the context of the promised covenant.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• Josh just found a way to tell the story of Passover to the children and somehow bring it around to referencing the ark of the covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2022
• That has caused the vehicle to breach one of its financial covenants.
  — WSJ, 18 July 2023
• Many of these restrictive covenants can still be found on Milwaukee-area property deeds.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
• Then there is the subtle damage from bond covenants, which mean that bonds of companies that become prosperous get called away, leaving you with a concentrated brew of bonds from unhealthy companies.
  — William Baldwin, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024