How to Use covert in a Sentence

covert

1 of 2 adjective

• He has taken part in a number of covert military operations.
• That's on-field covert candy-eatin' at its finest.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
• Maybe because it was meant to be a bit more covert than that.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2022
• There is no power, either overt or covert, in or behind the throne.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 July 2022
• The sizable bridal party took some work and covert planning.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
• What’s more, this rule tends to lead to covert use of electronic devices.
  — Maida Lynn Chen, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023
• Not everyone thinks covert crustaceans are a good thing.
  — J.m. Hirsch, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
• Sometimes in groups of five but usually in covert clusters of two or three.
  — Paul Karrer, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
• But posting the video of the strike on social media negates the covert aspect.
  — Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
• But these covert operations won’t cut it for much longer, experts told me.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
• Now, deputies have arrested the girlfriend and the manhunt has gone from covert to overt.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• Still, the episode provided a stark lesson in covert programs.
  — Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
• What is the United States doing about this kind of covert action?
  — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
• But birds are better suited to covert surveillance.
  — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 8 Feb. 2026
• Others see a need for a covert way to support missionaries.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
• In this version, the derring-do is more covert and the battles mostly take place behind closed doors.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
• The pull of a covert handle reveals a bed frame and mattress, the kind of bespoke detail that leaves guests awestruck.
  — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 May 2026
• Tran also believes the streams might be a covert way for adult performers to find an audience.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 1 Aug. 2023
• Many of the best large bras for large breasts are now made with covert padding along the underwire to avoid pinching or digging.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Jan. 2023
• Sixty-six of those were covert operations.
  — Michael Collins, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
• Other accounts appeared to be part of a covert campaign of unclear origin.
  — Dustin Volz, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• The covert campaign ran in parallel with an increasingly overt show of force.
  — Time, 3 Jan. 2026
• When medical child abuse became a concern, he was moved to a room equipped with covert video surveillance.
  — Maya Rosenberg, NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
• Is my goal humor and connection, or covert criticism?
  — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Mar. 2026
• For the next nearly two decades, Casey made covert payments to Murphy to support their son.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• Adding a few covert layers can boost fullness without overhauling a simple style.
  — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 26 May 2026
• The modus operandi was covert murder rather than open warfare of the kind that might have allowed for an accounting of the costs.
  — Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
• Hays arranged a covert meeting with Fitzwater in the courthouse annex.
  — Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
• Coffee County was home to the most extensive of the early covert efforts that have come to light.
  — Emma Brown and Jon Swaine, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Oct. 2022
• However, his team quickly secured their covert support in the form of money and supplies.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025

covert

2 of 2 noun

• To keep these images and video covert, cheaters may have a special cloud service.
  — Kim Komando, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
• The new count includes covert as well as temporary units, defense officials said.
  — Helene Cooper, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
• When spelling the word out doesn’t work, Pig Latin is another way to keep, say, a potential trip to the ark-pay or oo-zay covert.
  — Mark Peters, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• The two-person rear bench seat coverts into a small double bed and a second double bed fits in the pop-top, allowing the Sixty to sleep four.
  — Megan Barber, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2018
• In July, a bomb targeting the Afghan covert service killed eight members and six civilians, and wounded hundreds more.
  — New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• Back at the Tribe’s underground covert, the Mandalorian donates his full payment to his people.
  — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2019
• Hunting coverts of primary and secondary growth isn’t always easy, and Faust’s advice is to be physically prepared for a day in the uplands.
  — Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 2 June 2020
• That’s just after Mando is cast out from his Mandalorian covert for the cardinal sin of removing his helmet in the presence of others.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 May 2022
• How British democracy was subverted through a covert, far-reaching plan of coordination enabled by a US billionaire.
  — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 13 July 2017
• The main plot involves Ragnar, the kid whose helmet ceremony was interrupted in the season’s opening scene, being abducted by a dragon that has been bedeviling the covert for a while.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
• Prosecutors said the provision hampered their covert, undercover and sting investigations.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
• That containment logic, either overt or covert, has repeatedly reappeared whenever protest has become politically inconvenient and unpalatable to those in power.
  — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026