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.
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And that is not what the constitution says, just to be clear.
—NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
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That’s true enough — but constitutions can be changed.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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This led to a clash over how the constitution can be amended.
—Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
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Trump is barred by the constitution for running for a third term.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
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Cilek says his group believes such a change would need to be made to the state constitution.
—Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2019
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This is part of our constitution.
—Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
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It is now enshrined in our state constitution that there is no such thing as a private beach.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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There is no such body of rights in the state or federal constitutions.
—Graham Underwood, arkansasonline.com, 6 Oct. 2024
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The plants are now due to be mothballed, but the constitution is standing in the way.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2021
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The judges have not only upheld the constitution in the past year.
—The Economist, 20 June 2020
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Voters would have the final say on whether to change the constitution.
—Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 5 Mar. 2020
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Write down your thoughts, and then build habits to make this personal constitution come alive.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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Slavery was a big part of the debate around the constitution.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
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That's why our founders enshrined the press and its freedoms in our constitution.
—Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Jan. 2017
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The constitution is quite clear.
—Heath Kalb, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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The constitution of the lawn matters too.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
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That rule is in the state constitution and no one in Sacramento wants to take that on.
—Julie Cart, The Mercury News, 16 July 2019
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Granted, our pets have a strong constitution.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
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But in the constitution it will be written that eight years is the maximum.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
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That's because the constitution leaves that kind of police power in the hands of the states.
—NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020
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Its constitution renounces the right to wage war as a means of settling such disputes.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
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The brothers need 150 seats to be able to change the constitution.
—Bharatha Mallawarachi, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
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The award is named after the guild’s first counsel who helped found the guild and authored its constitution.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
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Hundreds of Tunisians marched in protest of the draft constitution in the days leading up to the vote.
—Chao Deng, WSJ, 27 July 2022
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