How to Use covenant in a Sentence

covenant

noun
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  • 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
  • This, to me, was the point of the whole covenant, of faith and fandom itself.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • The covenant limits the number of people who can live there and lasts for 50 years.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2022
  • In Los Angeles, Lawler’s Law is the covenant that states the first team to score 100 points wins a game.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022
  • It's taken 25 years to create a set of policies, a set of covenants, a set of rules.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 23 June 2019
  • That should be the covenant made by any player who opts for early entry in the draft.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In this brutally unequal world, isn’t that part of the covenant with our pets?
    — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • 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 broke the covenant of trust between the storyteller and the listener.
    — Paula Woods, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • The married woman, and married man, then sealed their new covenant with a kiss.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Covenant becomes the sixth school to join the conference, which began in 2016.
    — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2017
  • The electric covenant is nigh, and perhaps the Earth’s salvation is at hand.
    — Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Racial covenants tucked into property deeds once barred the sale of homes to non-whites.
    — Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Call it a hybrid work covenant, and everybody has to sign on.
    — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 17 May 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
  • The restrictive covenant found in Bay Ridge isn't an anomaly.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • One rule is that ADUs must be recorded on the property’s deed covenant.
    — Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • And like Sandquist and other students at Grace, the lifestyle covenant fit right in with his beliefs.
    — Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • However, when Avraham and Sarah were chosen, ra’ah was in the context of the promised covenant.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Josh just found a way to tell the story of Passover to the children and somehow bring it around to referencing the ark of the covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
    — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2022
  • That has caused the vehicle to breach one of its financial covenants.
    — WSJ, 18 July 2023
  • That puts it in breach of covenants on two high-yield bonds, amounting to more than 680 million euros in debt.
    — Edith Fishta, Bloomberg.com, 3 May 2017
  • In Judaism, rainbows serve as a reminder of the covenant God made with Noah to never again destroy the Earth.
    — Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022

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