How to Use divergent in a Sentence

divergent

adjective
  • Comfort and drama are the divergent needs of a modern customer.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 June 2024
  • Luckily, the creators landed on a concept that would take them on a divergent path.
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Yet this framing of the two men as representing two divergent paths forward for the GOP misses the mark.
    Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022
  • But Europe’s divergent interests put parts of the continent at odds with the United States as well.
    Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The two surveys are generally aligned but also occasionally tell divergent stories, like the past two months.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2022
  • This year, our testing team held manufacturer claims to the fire for nearly 200 different vehicles, and the field was wildly divergent.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 26 Dec. 2021
  • In focusing on eking out a dynamic between divergent cast mates, the live-action Borderlands sacrifices the goofy world-building that made the games iconic.
    Allegra Frank, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Ezra Klein is a throwback intellectual—someone who still believes in having conversations with divergent thinkers.
    Eric McQuade, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Adding to the intrigue in Paris are the divergent paths this season of Nadal and Djokovic.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 21 May 2022
  • The schools have been on divergent paths since meeting in the BCS title game at the end of the 2009 season.
    USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Lurie’s fandom, of course, took a divergent path in 1994.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Since then, divergent accounts have emerged about what the two sides discussed and agreed to.
    Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Never have the cases for and against the effort been so divergent.
    New York Times, 13 Mar. 2022
  • What has made the thievery so unique is the divergent approaches.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Despite their divergent paths, the men shared things in common.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Much has been made of Hailey Bieber and husband Justin Bieber’s divergent styles.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Are two point guards with wildly divergent styles one too many?
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The leaks suggest that the standard and Pro models will be more divergent than in recent years.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Many of the characters have embarked down divergent paths, and Alina's might be the darkest of them all.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The challenge is to transition from a convergent state of mind to a divergent one.
    Saurabh Chandekar, Quartz, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Prisca falls somewhere in the middle of these divergent women.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The Metro station in that blueprint has taken a divergent path.
    Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The most divergent concept was more of a Sundance indie film.
    EW.com, 2 July 2024
  • The divergent results come ahead of the critical Black Friday, one of the largest single shopping days.
    Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • At the same time, the two parties have pursued divergent legislative paths.
    Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 7 May 2023
  • The notably divergent game plans were on full display this weekend.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Nov. 2022
  • What’s happening in the body that can lead to such divergent reactions?
    Colleen De Bellefonds, SELF, 29 Aug. 2022
  • In fact, in recent years the components have been more divergent than in any expansion on record.
    Mike Sommers, Fortune Europe, 1 Feb. 2024
  • How rapidly to make the switch is a central question, one that is driving divergent strategies.
    Ryan Felton, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The key to mixing all these divergent design aesthetics is to remain in the same grayscale color scheme.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Apr. 2022

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