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.
  • This, in my view, is what has happened with covenants.
    — Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Lenders will demand stricter terms, higher coupons, and tighter covenants.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The passage refers to the rainbow as a sign of God’s covenant.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The married woman, and married man, then sealed their new covenant with a kiss.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Racial covenants tucked into property deeds once barred the sale of homes to non-whites.
    — Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • This is a kid who grew up under the covenant of who God really is.
    — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 10 Apr. 2018
  • That has caused the vehicle to breach one of its financial covenants.
    — WSJ, 18 July 2023
  • Our covenant as an American people is e pluribus unum, out of many, one.
    — CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • The covenant limits the number of people who can live there and lasts for 50 years.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Despite the vote, the covenant has never been formally changed.
    — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • After the covenant is proclaimed, there will inevitably be setbacks.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 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
  • Our covenant as an American people is E pluribus unum, out of many one.
    — CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • God sent a rainbow to seal His covenant and assure everyone.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • The restrictive covenant found in Bay Ridge isn't an anomaly.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That broke the covenant of trust between the storyteller and the listener.
    — Paula Woods, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 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
  • Such covenants have been unenforceable for decades, but must be removed under a four-year-old state law.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Together, land and children are the foundation of the covenant.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • IHeart is seeking to reach a deal before breaching loan covenants tied to $6 billion in debt.
    — Soma Biswas, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
  • 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

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