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.
• 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
• 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
• The other way to change the constitution is by amendment.
  — Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Voters would have the final say on whether to change the constitution.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 5 Mar. 2020
• Thompson said the lack of clarity in the state's constitution was part of the problem.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
• Lawmakers were trying to match the wording in the law and the constitution.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 16 Mar. 2022
• These numbers are not enough to change the constitution.
  — Juliet Rieden, Town & Country, 1 Nov. 2018
• In other words, if Xi stays, the constitution has to reflect that.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• The amendment is a change to one of Israel’s Basic Laws, the closest thing the country has to a constitution.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
• More than 40 states use a bail system, and many of them guarantee the right to bail in their constitution.
  — Christopher Pomorski, Daily Intelligencer, 4 June 2017
• At the most recent party congress, Xi’s name and ideas were made part of the constitution.
  — Javier C. Hernandez, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
• On the way down, the aeronaut, having toasted to freedom, dropped leaflets of the new constitution.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 9 May 2024