How to Use schism in a Sentence

schism

noun
  • The church was divided by schism.
  • When the girls were in their early teens, the church had a schism.
    ELLE, 11 Aug. 2022
  • That was where the schism between her and Driscoll emerged.
    USA Today, 28 Sep. 2021
  • In 2022, a schism in the chip design world and at Google erupted into the open.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2023
  • On both sides of the schism, worries have been voiced about war-readiness.
    Reuters, NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • There are signs that the protest issue is forcing a schism in the Olympic movement.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The mayoral campaign itself seemed on the brink of racial schism.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Nowhere is the schism between the highs and the lows of fashion more evident than in menswear.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 27 June 2018
  • The fallout and the aftermath The schism cost both men millions.
    Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • When the coders can’t get along, a group of them will split off and create a new network, a schism known as a hard fork.
    Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The schism between the world of men and the world of women is an idea that connects most if not all of the subplots in this episode.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Some on the right have warned that the German process of reform could lead to a schism, or formal break from Rome.
    Kirsten Grieshaber and Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 4 June 2021
  • The other one is the schism that is going on in the Democratic party and the sort of fight for the party’s soul.
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 18 Oct. 2018
  • This obsession leads to a massive schism between him and the rest of his crew.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 16 June 2022
  • At the moment, schism is much more a reality on the right.
    WSJ, 26 July 2021
  • The women’s pushback also lays bare schisms in Iran that had been veiled for decades.
    Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
  • In the aftermath of the schism, Slater’s soon-to-be-ex-wife, singer Lilly Jay, is the only one brave enough to speak on it.
    Vulture, 27 July 2023
  • There’s a schism in the world of startups and venture capital right now.
    Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Methodist leaders on both sides say the controversy could bring about a schism in the church.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The schism among Christians about Trump dates back to before his election.
    Author: Elana Schor, Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019
  • This has led to worries of a schism, one of the many reasons the pontiff wants to unify China’s Catholics.
    Karishma Vaswani, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The two came frighteningly close to nuclear war in the late 1960s, at the height of their Cold War schism.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2022
  • No matter which side emerges triumphant from the meeting next week, a schism looms.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021
  • As war looms between the two sides over the rightful ruler, a schism emerges between Rhaenyra and Daemon.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
  • The union balked and walked, leading to a messy strike that created a major schism within the firm.
    Washington Post, latimes.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The largest schism among Republicans centers on whether the U.S. should take in Afghan refugees.
    Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2021
  • To be sure, Democrats are facing an identity schism of their own.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The intensity and pain of that schism eclipsed my greatest fears.
    Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2022
  • In New York, the schism between boss Chickie and underboss Vince widens.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
  • But given the schisms in society, most everything else is better decided at the state — not the federal — level.
    Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 6 Oct. 2024

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