How to Use controversial in a Sentence

controversial

adjective

• He is a controversial author.
• Abortion is a highly controversial subject.
• The dye, found in candy and cereals, has been controversial for decades.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2025
• The Cubs kept his access time brief, knowing he would be asked about the controversial subject.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
• Brown, of course, has long been a controversial figure in the music industry.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2022
• The program has been controversial among Republicans, who have pushed to end the free filing service.
  — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
• One question is how Iger will unwind controversial changes that Chapek made to the company during his not quite three years at the top.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• Martin Bashir may be the most controversial figure in the latest season of The Crown.
  — Town & Country, 20 Nov. 2022
• These are just three of the dozens of controversial figures for whom schools were named before the country's racial reckoning in 2020.
  — Neena Hagen, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
• But oversight officials have long said that exclusionary behaviors — such as voting on which deputies are allowed to have a tattoo — are hallmarks of the controversial groups.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
• Jennifer Grey is teasing her hair to the high heavens in order to become the controversial religious figure Gwen Shamblin in her new film.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2022
• The Rams won 58-57 there the year before on a controversial non-call at the buzzer.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• One is that the games tend to be good, and controversial.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
• In the end, the controversial plan for a highway along the railroad tracks and through Takoma Park was scrapped.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• When one of the hosts joked the revelation might be controversial, the group joke that the Shrek alum shouldn’t have shared it.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
• At the time, the figure-hugging look proved to be quite controversial.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 16 June 2023
• Garza's tenure as DA has been controversial from the start.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2023
• Avoid controversial topics Small talk is also not the time to solve the world’s problems.
  — Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
• This week Richie Grainge was seen having lunch with friends in Beverly Hills, sporting one of the most controversial footwear styles of the year: the naked shoe.
  — Alex Kessler, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2023
• In 2000, O’Connor cast the decisive vote in a case among the court's most controversial and one that would change history — Bush v. Gore.
  — Tim Dillon, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2023
• Among these trends that excite and provoke, the return of fur stands as perhaps the most controversial.
  — Shelcy Joseph, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
• Coming on the heels of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the song proved controversial.
  — Andrew Jones, NBC News, 13 May 2023
• And with any controversial song, for better or worse, people are going to tune in.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2023
• The controversial creator began on Vine with his brother, Jake, and moved to YouTube, then a podcast.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2023
• The controversial swingarm’s hollow design lightens the visual load of wrapping around both sides of the rear wheel, while saving 8.3 pounds of weight at the tail.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
• From there, the line of succession becomes more controversial, as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is next in line.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 7 May 2023
• Death tolls were high, and the U.S.'s involvement in the conflict remains controversial.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
• Her co-worker, Samuel Paty, had shown controversial images in his history class, and the whole school was on edge.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
• But the subject matter has meant the film was always highly controversial in Japan.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• The decision to remove Lee's statue had been controversial — with the issue reaching all the way to the Virginia Supreme Court.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025