How to Use coven in a Sentence

coven

noun
  • This was their chance not only to burn a witch but to torch a coven.
    — Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Pick your poison—a cult, a coven, a murder house, a freak show?
    — Lauren Chval, RedEye Chicago, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Is family a curse, or will a loving coven break the spell?
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Jesse Prentiss was the last of her coven and the dead were coming.
    — courant.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Why not embrace a full witchy wardrobe while wandering around with your coven.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The skeleton to me, in the end, is someone whose come from the coven to make sure and collect.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The coven may think of her body as a vessel, but the audience never does.
    — refinery29.com, 12 June 2018
  • While some of them proved to be trouble, some of them came to the rescue when the coven needed them most.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The project is about a coven of teenage witches-in-training who must protect their town from a looming threat.
    — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Patricia has become convinced that the dance school is home to a coven of witches.
    — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2018
  • And one coven has used its magic for years to protect the gays of Fire Island.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
  • And this coven has used its magic for years to protect the gays of Fire Island.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 9 May 2025
  • Then, the third season centers on a coven of witches battling against those who wish to destroy them.
    — Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The world is her coven, and there's plenty of room for more people to appreciate her witchy wiles.
    — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2022
  • In episode 7, Lilia gives her coven a crash course on Tarot and what all the cards in the spread mean.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The third episode made that overt when, in the final moments, the coven of witches diminished by one.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Even her own mother—the coven’s head witch—refuses mercy when Agatha pleads for her life.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Teenage angst goes supernatural when the new girl at school falls in with a coven of witches — and things go off the rails.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
  • Somebody conjure movie magic and a coven of New Yorkers for two hours of joy.
    — Caroline Aiken Koster, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Two trials down and five to go, if things are to go to plan for Agatha and her ragtag coven, as well as Teen.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
  • On the whole, Sabrina and her coven stick to a handful of style signatures.
    — Halie Lesavage, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2018
  • This ’90s horror flick about a coven of high-school outcasts holds up quite well, as does its dark brand of girl power.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The final witch to join the coven is Rio, who is revealed to be Lady Death.
    — Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • And there are other college cliques just as razored as the most Heathers-like sorority coven.
    — Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Turns out Suzy was right to be suspicious, as the school is more of a front for a coven of powerful witches.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In the second episode, Agatha seeks out a coven to help her, pulling together a group of down-on-their-luck misfits.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
  • When the fire broke out, both Mae and Osha believed the other twin had been killed along with the rest of the coven.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
  • Witch's Broom This coven never leaves home without their cuddliest broom.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But when greed takes hold of their coven’s leader, Nancy (Fairuza Balk), chaos ensues.
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Her guiding rule has given her a good life with her teenaged daughter, a job as a philosophy tutor, and a coven of friends.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026

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