How to Use divided in a Sentence

divided

adjective

• Experts are sharply divided on the issue.
• The issue has created a deeply divided nation.
• She feels like she only gets her mother's divided attention.
• This has always been a show, at its heart, that's about a divided family trying to get back to each other.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 June 2022
• The prospect of divided government could further complicate that fight.
  — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
• But the Fed is on the case, and opinions remain divided about whether the economy will soon be declared in recession.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 12 July 2022
• The divided vote offered just one glimpse at fissures on the body, which emerged at several other moments during a marathon meeting that stretched well into the evening.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022
• The rare achievement highlights Trump's sustained influence over a divided electorate.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• Not the Split Roller, which has a clamshell opening with a divided interior that makes partitioning layers easy.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 2 July 2022
• But in the second three months of pregnancy, opinions are more divided — 44% say the mother should have more rights, versus 46% who say the unborn fetus should.
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 28 June 2022
• But the legislation would need at least 10 Republican votes to overcome a filibuster in the evenly divided chamber.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2022
• In cases of divided government, the legislature and executive oversee one another, raising a public alarm at any sign of malfeasance.
  — Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
• The experiment could serve as a case study in writing a progressive constitution in the 21st century — and the challenges in getting a divided nation to agree to it.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
• The cars were both in the westbound lanes of the divided highway.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2024
• People were very divided on it in the reviews of the tour.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
• Whether a trust can be so divided is complex and depends on the terms of the trust.
  — Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• And Israelis have gotten wise to the games Bibi has played in the past to keep them divided and distracted.
  — Micah L. Sifry, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
• But a divided appeals court revived the case this month.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• The dough can be prepared, divided, wrapped in plastic wrap, and stored in the fridge for one day before rolling out.
  — Molly Bolton, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
• Just as the justices have grown more divided, so has their staff, eroding trust.
  — Jodi Kantor, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
• But a divided legislative branch with Biden still in the White House could be the recipe for a debt-ceiling repeat.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
• With a divided Congress, what do people think of the parties' stances?
  — Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Korea is still at war, North and South, legally, but there is an armistice and a divided country.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 July 2024
• But the poll showed that Democrats remain deeply divided about the prospect of Mr. Biden, the 81-year-old chief executive, leading the party again.
  — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• This race has shown me that the community is still deeply divided.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
• The nation’s so divided, this kind of reminds us about what’s important, and what can unite us.
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2022
• Watts grew up in the Peoria area, which is well known for its divided fan support between the Cubs and Cardinals.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
• Its members are much more divided and their leader, Keir Starmer, has tried to avoid taking sides.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• The country is more divided over what the New York indictment earlier this month means to them.
  — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
• And unity between Alabama and Auburn will be a theme for one of the greatest days of sports a divided town has ever known.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024