How to Use polarize in a Sentence
polarize
verb- The war has polarized the nation.
- The current debate polarizes along lines of class and race.
-
When circumstances are already heated, there’s no need to further polarize the obvious.
—Abiola Salami, Forbes, 2 June 2022
-
The reason for her initial hesitation was its potential to polarize.
—Mike Wass, Variety, 19 Jan. 2022
-
Tom Hanks, for instance, gives a performance that may polarize audiences.
—New York Times, 25 May 2022
-
With skill and care, Russian operatives tested and retested how best to polarize audiences.
—Tom Southern, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022
-
All this tit for tat will further undermine our institutions and polarize the nation—but such is the nature of retributive politics.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
-
In a country that’s polarized on nearly every issue, a nuclear-energy consensus may be emerging.
—John Fund, National Review, 11 Aug. 2024
-
When stuff like this is happening, society begins to polarize, which is absolutely natural.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2022
-
The show polarized critics, though it is now considered key within Guston’s artistic development.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
-
For a population that had gotten hooked on cheap meat and dairy, the animal movement’s message was polarizing, judgmental, and restrictive.
—Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
-
Trump and Musk are both polarizing figures who have a complicated relationship with one another and with politics.
—Rebecca Picciotto,christina Wilkie, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
-
Both those goods have a darker side, with social media allowing dangerous conspiracies to be spread and harsh political beliefs to polarize a nation.
—WSJ, 21 June 2022
-
The move may polarize some Apple fans who have gotten used to the notch, but the promise of more screen space is likely to be a change most iPhone users will enthusiastically embrace.
—Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
-
This year, stealth wealth emerged as one of the biggest—and most polarizing—trends.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
-
It's become even more polarizing in the lead-up to the 2024 election.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 31 July 2024
-
In a Court, and a country, as polarized as this one, such exchanges can be helpful.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
-
The actress was impressed by the polarizing main course.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
-
Trump and Vance will be strident and polarizing in their rhetoric.
—Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2024
-
The singer was spotted in the Hamptons yesterday wearing a polarizing style that’s ebbed in and out of style over the years.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
-
Viewers' reactions to the film were polarizing, to say the least.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
-
The polarizing debate surrounding the war in Gaza war was already primed to spark protests in Berlin.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
-
The actions were part of a wave of fallout on campuses for students, who are deeply polarized over the fighting.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
-
But in the decade that followed his presidency, the right closed ranks, tearing down the big tent and working to polarize the electorate.
—Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
-
Around the world, nations have become deeply polarized.
—TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
-
Later in the meeting, some board members suggested Meier was working to polarize the board with the claim.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
-
Canteen Boy, like so many of his ideas, was polarizing.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
-
It’s not our intent to polarize for the sake of ceremony.
—Men's Health, 25 Oct. 2022
-
Memphis design was provocative and polarizing—and that was the point.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
-
The film polarized viewers but many film critics called it a masterpiece.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'polarize.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: