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.
• 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
• Those of us who have watched already are a bit divided on the Sally Rooney adaptation.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 May 2022
• This divided country desperately needs someone to play the hero, and José Andrés is the right man for the job.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• 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
• Both efforts have little to no chance of passing in a divided Congress.
  — Katie Rogers, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• We're not ensured that in a time of divided government.
  — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 20 Apr. 2024
• The interior has a bit of microsuede, too, and includes mesh pockets, a leather loop, and a divided strap to store tablet pens and such.
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
• 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
• Many state leaders and donors saw him as a threat to the Party’s fortunes in a closely divided state; others had feared running afoul of him.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 27 May 2022
• The chance of a divided government is far lower, at just 17 percent.
  — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2024
• Macron has been at the helm of chaos following a misguided approach to a divided legislative body.
  — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
• Those that do pass a divided Legislature often meet the governor’s veto pen, because both sides failed to work out their differences before the legislation reached her desk.
  — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025