How to Use divorce in a Sentence

divorce

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• They went through a lengthy divorce.
• Since getting a divorce, she has been raising her children alone.
• Their marriage ended in divorce.
• Financial problems are a leading cause of divorce.
• And Britney Spears’ husband files for divorce from the pop star.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Asghari, 29, filed for divorce from the pop star in mid-August.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2023
• My gut instincts are that my friend is being played by her teen and has been since the divorce.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• Seann William Scott filed for divorce from wife Olivia on Tuesday.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• Priscilla was married to the King of Rock & Roll for six years before their divorce in 1973.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2024
• After a bloody beating, Tina fled and filed for divorce in 1976.
  — Barry Walters, EW.com, 24 May 2023
• He probably got dumped by the nanny and found out how much a divorce will cost him.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• If there’s Oscars for how to handle divorce, Maria and I should get it for having the least amount of impact on the kids.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
• But his divorce from the organization in 2008 was messy, leading to a trade to the New York Jets.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
• Katie and Schwartz rehash the implosion of their divorce.
  — oregonlive, 24 May 2023
• Tina Knowles has filed for divorce from her husband of eight years, Richard Lawson.
  — Vulture, 26 July 2023
• Christine filed for divorce from the Oscar winner in May.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
• An affair, to keep it going, or a divorce, for giggles.
  — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• Charles Vallow was seeking a divorce from Lori Vallow Daybell at the time of his death.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
• But in August, after the book was finished, Asghari filed for divorce from Spears.
  — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Jayne filed for divorce in November 2020, a month before the lawsuit was filed.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Philippines is the only country in the world, aside from Vatican City, where divorce is still not allowed.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• Britney Spears has spoken out for the first time to address news of her divorce, which broke earlier this week.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• News began swirling Sunday that Jonas had retained a divorce lawyer.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Soft news might break during a panel or a junket: a divorce, a spinoff, a cross-property feud.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
• Her 1965 wedding to her husband was held at a courthouse and ended in divorce nine years later.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 May 2023
• The screenplay is wise enough to keep the stakes low; there’s no lie being told that’s directly harmful or would result in divorce.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• Us the Duo's Michael and Carissa Alvarado have announced their divorce.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
• As a result, nearly one in 20 business owners close their doors due to the financial brunt of divorce, the survey found.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 8 Feb. 2024
• Jodie Turner-Smith is opening up about her divorce from Joshua Jackson.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
• His marriages to Joan Murphy and Sharon Kelly ended in divorce.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024

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divorce

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• They both agreed it was best to divorce.
• Their constitution divorces church and state.
• After years of unhappiness, she decided to divorce him.
• In June 2022, Smith was divorcing Pelkey, and the judge in that case tore in to him.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Juli, who lived next door, divorced and moved to Colorado: the last of the Norelius kids to leave town.
  — Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 9 May 2023
• Alex's parents are not divorced in the film, and Leo doesn't exist.
  — Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2023
• His kids were grown, and he was long divorced from actress Robin Wright.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
• About a decade ago, their parents divorced and sold the U Street rowhouse.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• The duo plays a few shows around town, records a couple of albums, heads out of town for a few tours, and then divorces in 2000.
  — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 1 June 2023
• Bruce and Becky divorced in early 2019, and that May, Becky married Banyai.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
• Janelle was married to Kody until they got divorced last year.
  — Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
• The actor, 41, divorced her husband of 13 months, Grant Hughes, two months ago.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2023
• Rogers was not alone in deciding to divorce later in life.
  — Laurie Yarnell, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
• Married and divorced three times, he is survived by two sons, Satie and Sharron.
  — Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Whatever modicum of the straight life Richard tried to maintain, by 1967 he was divorced.
  — Brad Auerbach, SPIN, 3 May 2023
• After he got divorced from Martha, Willie married Shirley in 1963.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• The mother, who is divorced from Medvedev, did not respond to requests for comment.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• Mowry and Hardrict, who divorced in 2023, showed each other some love during a brief exchange on the red carpet.
  — Essence, 8 Mar. 2024
• Moore and Willis divorced in 2000, but share three adult daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
• Her parents, Chris and Carol, divorced when Carissa was in grade school.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• Monica is in the midst of getting divorced from her husband for a second time.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• Still, Stone-Miller, who is divorced, was perplexed when that first mother made contact.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
• After his parents divorced, his mother married a French man and moved to Paris, bringing along the 12-year-old Mr. Lopes.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
• After the two divorced in 1967, Bley married trumpeter Mantler.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
• Simpson would divorce Wright in 1979 months before Aaren, a toddler, drowned in the swimming pool at Simpson’s home.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• The casting of Taylor and Burton, who could squabble with the best of them (and who married and divorced each other twice), only adds to the frisson.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• One of their core tenets has been that almost no married couple should ever get divorced.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• Ewan divorced his first wife (the mother of Clara and her three siblings) and married Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 2022.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 6 July 2023
• The Barnetts, who later divorced, were charged with neglect of a dependent.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
• At the age of 4, he was taken from his mother when his parents divorced and forced into slavery on a cacao farm.
  — Kirk Feller, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024