How to Use diverge in a Sentence

diverge

verb

• A prism causes rays of light to diverge.
• They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives diverged.
• Ellis and Ramey diverge on the likelihood of civil war.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• Even the Green New Deal does not substantively diverge from it.
  — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 18 Mar. 2021
• Typically, as the sun angle rises at this time of year, thoughts diverge to warmer weather activities.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
• The pandemic has delayed judgment, but the question of how long corporate performance and market values can diverge hangs in the air.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2021
• Meanwhile, software-makers often have plans for people’s devices that diverge from those of their (ostensible) owners.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
• While there are many similarities, there are also crucial ways in which these two communication strategies diverge.
  — Scott Samson, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• Some banks diverged on their outlook, however, with Santander reducing rates by 0.36%.
  — Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
• The long-term interests of Israel and those of enthusiasts for international law need not diverge.
  — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
• While agents and established art institutions can coexist, their core values diverge, most starkly around the question of art’s relationship to commerce and to the culture at large.
  — Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
• What is clear is that returns for the same asset can diverge quickly among different equity classes can end up being dramatically different over the course of an investment.
  — Bryce Erickson, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• But in an old city (think Rome or Paris), things diverge.
  — Liran Tancman, Forbes, 12 July 2022
• For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb jelly.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
• And so are the criticisms of those who dare to diverge from it.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 1 Sep. 2021
• At this point, the process for each console will diverge.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 8 Oct. 2021
• But the two parties still diverge sharply on the scope of the commission.
  — Andrew Solender, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
• On the brink of adolescence, Ian’s and Roland’s paths diverge.
  — Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
• The fields may have since diverged, but the overlap still makes perfect sense.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
• Over the years, their paths diverge as Bruno remains faithful to the mountain while Pietro comes and goes from the city.
  — Vulture, 4 Jan. 2023
• Nailed to a tree were signs that announced the diverging paths, Swoop and Bypass.
  — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The two small towns’ futures diverged, in many ways, starting in 1970.
  — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 29 May 2024
• All parties agree on the broad outlines of the story but diverge on key facts.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022
• To some extent, the issues faced by these groups diverge.
  — Susan T. Mahler, STAT, 18 July 2021
• Here’s where the two candidates align and diverge on the issues.
  — Julia Shapero, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
• The group still meets every month and can diverge from its plans if needed.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 19 July 2021
• Team Alien and Team Volcano diverge on a number of points.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 18 July 2021
• The Broadway version diverges from the movie’s plot at times, and certainly adds song-and-dance that wasn’t in the film.
  — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 20 June 2024
• Here’s where the Cowboys’ head coach and yours truly diverge.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2021
• To be sure, Healey and Baker diverge in a variety of ways, too.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024