COVENANT in a Sentence

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For COVENANT, below is one of 6 sentences:
Then Minerva assumed the form and voice of Mentor, and presently made a covenant of peace between the two contending parties.

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 Meanings and Examples of COVENANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
covenant
 n.  mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
Classic Sentence:
1  Then Minerva assumed the form and voice of Mentor, and presently made a covenant of peace between the two contending parties.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIV
2  Heaven was still and faintly luminous and the air sweet to breathe, as in a thicket drenched with showers; and amid peace and shimmering lights and quiet fragrance he made a covenant with his heart.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  And third, that those are never wise covenants which we cannot or should not expect to be observed.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII.
Example Sentence:
1  His centrist, compromising instincts, embodied in the New Democrat covenant, alienated core constituencies while failing to impress opponents.
2  If you make regular gifts through a covenant we can reclaim the income tax which you have already paid on this money.
3  The money was given to us by deed of covenant.