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
  • This, to me, was the point of the whole covenant, of faith and fandom itself.
    New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • In this brutally unequal world, isn’t that part of the covenant with our pets?
    Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Then, it will be sold with protective covenants are added.
    Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The married woman, and married man, then sealed their new covenant with a kiss.
    New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Despite the vote, the covenant has never been formally changed.
    Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • This is a kid who grew up under the covenant of who God really is.
    Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 10 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • After the covenant is proclaimed, there will inevitably be setbacks.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • The restrictive covenant found in Bay Ridge isn't an anomaly.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 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
  • Black people were kept out by racial covenants that prevented them from buying homes.
    Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • 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

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