How to Use divisive in a Sentence

divisive

adjective

• Still, the state of the Texas power grid has been a divisive topic for years.
  — Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
• The song, which was released in May, has been quite divisive.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• The Vatican need not look far to see the divisive power of the issue.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• Hogan has long counseled the GOP to move away from Trump, calling him divisive.
  — Annie Jennemann, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• While many comments on TikTok praised the video, the same post on Twitter was more divisive.
  — Jeffrey Clark, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2023
• The fact that Brooke wasn’t in the episode was a divisive decision, according to the comments section of the YouTube video.
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 13 Aug. 2024
• Holmes’ dress-over-jeans look for the 2022 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball was divisive, yes.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
• This won’t be the first year Hollywood’s biggest night takes place amid a divisive war.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2024
• Getting the facts right might diminish some of the divisive rhetoric in this country.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
• To be a place of peaceful dialogue and debate for even the most divisive issues in the world today.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
• The practice of keeping your dog confined in a cage for periods of time is a divisive one.
  — Kelly Conaboy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• The bill that could ban TikTok may become a divisive issue in the 2024 election.
  — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
• This debate isn’t just about the 20 states that have enacted these divisive bans.
  — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
• And then there's the subtle peplum detail at the hip, which proves that the divisive early-2000s trend is not going anywhere.
  — Condé Nast, Glamour, 12 Mar. 2023
• The use of bait has always been a divisive subject in deer hunting circles.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023
• Despite the divisive nature of the bill, debate was largely calm.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• The movie was divisive, and a box office failure, and everyone moved on.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• It's got puffy sleeves that taper into a cuff and the fit avoids the divisive boxy look, according to reviews.
  — Clint Davis, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
• There was a lot of grousing about the last two Sopranos seasons, and the end remains divisive.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
• In her opinion piece, Sandberg notes that the conflict itself is divisive, but adds that a stance against rape shouldn't be.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• Much like the notch before it, the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 has been somewhat divisive.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Dec. 2022
• He was shocked by how divisive school-board elections had become in his small town of Mount Vernon, Iowa.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• Though it’s been more than half a year since the divisive rebrand, the platform’s web domain is still twitter.com — even x.com redirects to the original link.
  — Saira Mueller, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• The symbolism attached to height is no doubt part of what makes tall buildings so divisive.
  — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2022
• And while Preston has had divisive Game of Thrones opinions in the past, on this point, lots of fans agreed with him—both in his livestream’s comments and across the internet.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
• The prequels were rather divisive at the time of their release, and Christensen’s performance bore the brunt of that criticism.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• Asma, there hasn't been an issue that's been this divisive.
  — ABC News, 10 Dec. 2023
• So his success with what was once such a divisive bill is a win for Jeter, who carried a similar bill in 2023, which died in the Senate.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• The star wore a striking Carolina Herrera gown that revived a divisive 2010s trend.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
• Obviously, for a variety of reasons both good and bad, this will be yet another divisive entry from the studio.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024