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
• 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
• This, to me, was the point of the whole covenant, of faith and fandom itself.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• That broke the covenant of trust between the storyteller and the listener.
  — Paula Woods, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• Call it a hybrid work covenant, and everybody has to sign on.
  — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• 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 has caused the vehicle to breach one of its financial covenants.
  — WSJ, 18 July 2023
• Racial covenants tucked into property deeds once barred the sale of homes to non-whites.
  — Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• In this brutally unequal world, isn’t that part of the covenant with our pets?
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• 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
• 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 married woman, and married man, then sealed their new covenant with a kiss.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
• 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
• Together, land and children are the foundation of the covenant.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Dec. 2020
• Members were urged to make those covenants and then to be faithful in keeping them to receive the promised blessings.
  — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 19 Jan. 2018
• The facade and vestibule would be saved only because the city included it in a covenant as part of the building's sale.
  — Erin Hegarty, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2017
• The electric covenant is nigh, and perhaps the Earth’s salvation is at hand.
  — Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
• Jesus sacrificed his life to confirm a new covenant of love and mercy.
  — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Apr. 2021
• The rope is an overt nod to the racist practices produced by restrictive housing covenants and redlining.
  — Marcus Harrison Green, The Seattle Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• After the covenant is proclaimed, there will inevitably be setbacks.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2022
• The covenant limits the number of people who can live there and lasts for 50 years.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2022
• And the covenants for those loans had certain lease up ratios that [the buildings are never] going to hit again.
  — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• The restrictive covenant found in Bay Ridge isn't an anomaly.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• Black people were kept out by racial covenants that prevented them from buying homes.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
• 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
• But when the war ended, black workers looking to buy homes and move on were blocked by loan restrictions and racial deed covenants.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
• Those covenants were put in place because citizen groups were concerned about the sale of a nonprofit to a for-profit.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024