How to Use covert in a Sentence

covert

1 of 2 adjective

• He has taken part in a number of covert military operations.
• Maybe because it was meant to be a bit more covert than that.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2022
• What’s more, this rule tends to lead to covert use of electronic devices.
  — Maida Lynn Chen, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023
• Now, deputies have arrested the girlfriend and the manhunt has gone from covert to overt.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• There is no power, either overt or covert, in or behind the throne.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 July 2022
• These gummies are an enjoyable and covert way to get ripped!
  — Atticus McKittrick, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• For the next nearly two decades, Casey made covert payments to Murphy to support their son.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The covert concerts started in 2012 in Washington, D.C.
  — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• The trailer shows the formation of the team, with Cavill’s character assembling a covert cadre of Nazi killers.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
• Tran also believes the streams might be a covert way for adult performers to find an audience.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 1 Aug. 2023
• When the couple were working as a covert team in Iran, their cover was almost compromised in a language slip-up.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• All covert actions were subject to the committee’s approval.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• The company took less covert steps to quash union activity.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• Other accounts appeared to be part of a covert campaign of unclear origin.
  — Dustin Volz, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• Black Divas, the Black romantic leads of the singing world, have been the main attractions on this covert map, the nova that have made other stars possible.
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The first of the exhibit floors dives into the intelligence process, from secret stealing to covert action.
  — Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• But with solid fuel, the propellants can be stored inside a missile, allowing the weapon to be stashed in a more covert place and launched with more surprise.
  — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
• Pompeo, who pushed for covert drone strikes in Afghanistan, said in an interview with Semafor published Monday.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
• Some could disclose such things as the names of U.S. undercover spies and covert operations.
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
• Hence, all the furor concerning a pair of computer files matching codes names with the real names of CIA covert operators.
  — David Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
• Pacific sleeper sharks are covert creatures, hefty as great whites and the only predators besides sperm whales that are known to hunt giant squid.
  — Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• In 2020, his chief writer resigned after he was revealed to have been posting racist and sexist rants on a covert online forum.
  — Sarah Ellison, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2023
• The term applies to a seemingly covert way for companies to raise prices by ever so slightly reducing the size of their products.
  — Josh Boak, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
• As the story goes, a team of artists and an inside source at NASA led a covert operation to put a collection of minimalist sketches on the moon.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Manuel Rocha, who stoked controversy during his term as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, is alleged to have been a covert agent for decades.
  — Joshua Goodman and Eric Tucker, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2023
• The meeting was covert; fraternizing with the enemy was not allowed.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, the hostilities, both overt and covert, have been allowed to continue.
  — The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2024

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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
• 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
• And to keep the gathering covert, Trubisky made the reservation for six under an alias: James McMahon.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2017
• 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
• The new count includes covert as well as temporary units, defense officials said.
  — Helene Cooper, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
• Back at the Tribe’s underground covert, the Mandalorian donates his full payment to his people.
  — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2019
• 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
• Prosecutors said the provision hampered their covert, undercover and sting investigations.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
• To keep these images and video covert, cheaters may have a special cloud service.
  — Kim Komando, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
• 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
• And to keep the gathering covert, Trubisky made the reservation for six under an alias: James McMahon.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2017
• 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
• The new count includes covert as well as temporary units, defense officials said.
  — Helene Cooper, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
• Back at the Tribe’s underground covert, the Mandalorian donates his full payment to his people.
  — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2019
• 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
• Prosecutors said the provision hampered their covert, undercover and sting investigations.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024