How to Use divide in a Sentence

divide

1 of 2 verb

• A tall fence divides the two yards.
• The river divides after the bridge.
• She divided the pie into eight pieces.
• The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres.
• But Jews, along with the rest of the country, are divided about where the line between the two lies.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
• The cake that was once divided into 20 slices is now down to 13 pieces.
  — Niklas Kouparanis, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• However, some of the state Supreme Court justices were divided on the scope of the claims.
  — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
• Top each ramekin with 2 baguette slices; divide cheese evenly among ramekins (about 1/4 cup each).
  — Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2023
• To serve, divide the spinach mixture among six bowls, then ladle with the broth and quadrucci.
  — Leah Koenig, Saveur, 20 Sep. 2023
• Try dividing your dose and taking it in the morning and at night to help ease your stomach.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 27 July 2023
• One is how profoundly divided the races were in the Jim Crow states.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• The rest of the event consisted of wide rooms and passageways divided by black tarps.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• There won’t be $400 million, or anything close to that sum, left to divide next summer.
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
• The eight teams are divided into two pools of four, with the winner of each pool meeting for the championship Nov. 4.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• The seam in the middle divided two fabrics, one that was smooth and the other textured with a long train that wrapped around her wrist with a gold chain attached.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
• So much depends on the simple calculation of dividing one’s weight by the square of their height.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2023
• Simply divide your child’s hair into sections, and spray each one from root to end, working with a comb from the bottom up.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• But the internet was divided as to whether or not the clip was actually made by Drake.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
• Like that volume, the new book is divided into five macro-sections.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 July 2023
• Officials have been divided as to how to proceed from here.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
• It is calculated by dividing the share price by the earnings per share for the trailing 12 months.
  — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Hike The national park area is divided into nine sections, spread out along the Gauley, New and Bluestone rivers.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• In a place starkly divided by race, this man was someone both White and Black residents, adults and children alike, would swear was one of the good ones.
  — Carole V. Bell, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• The farm is divided into quadrants, each dedicated to one of four great tribes of Africa.
  — Jodie Valade, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• As my journalism career has taught me, denial and half-truths divide us.
  — Alisyn Camerota, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2024
• At the time of its founding, the country was bitterly divided over slavery.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• Shouting broke out as soon as one of the book opponents tried to divide her time with another speaker.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
• The judge said that because the Wades’ two children are adults, the only issue to determine is how to divide the couple’s money.
  — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• Another is divided into a dozen orange and yellow pie wedges around the face, with dark square markers for the hours.
  — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 29 Dec. 2023
• Views of a season or movie are determined by dividing the total hours streamed by the total run time.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023

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divide

2 of 2 noun

• But in a sign of the divide in the race, Gascón declined to attend the first debate last week.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• The kitten ran to the center of the bridge and got stuck in the moveable center divide — known as the zipper.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
• And now a new study is showing just how big that divide is in the United States.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
• No less than the teamwork and chemistry of an eight-man rowing crew, the subject of the film is the class divide.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• The town-gown divide is almost as old as the college town itself.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The sports betting divide between the two states comes amid a debate over the long-term future of the Chiefs’ home stadium.
  — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
• Americans fought on both sides of that divide here at home, too, and their stories will curl your hair.
  — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• The clashes made clear the sharp divides in Israeli society.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• But the overall ranking conceals a sharp divide between the state's two systems.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• Licht’s marching orders were to drag CNN back to the center of the political divide.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
• Newspapers are losing the battle against smartphones as the preferred place to learn the news, but one woman has found a way to bridge the divide and bring the print to the people.
  — Jordan-Marie Smith, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
• But that place, where NBA team allegiances and civic pride blend as well as divide, could well be in Vacaville.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
• Yet there is a vast divide in how that conversation is playing out.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
• For a general understanding of Rhone wines, think of a north-south divide.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• Since the very start, Africa has found itself in the middle of the geopolitical divide over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• This isn’t the only generational divide in the workplace.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 12 Sep. 2023
• The divide was reflected in the audience of House and Senate members Wednesday.
  — CBS News, 19 July 2023
• Sociable zones are defined by shapes, rather than walled divides.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
• While Democrats of all stripes side overwhelmingly with the striking workers, there are sharper divides within the GOP.
  — Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• The generational divide is played for both laughs and poignant moments in Bartlett’s dark comedy.
  — Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• This has worsened a divide in Japan that’s also widening in the United States: between rural areas and cities.
  — Jon Marcus, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Coleman was five years older, an almost generational divide to a 15-year-old, as Soto was at the time of the murder.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• The State of the Union illuminated the stark divide between Democrats and Republicans.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 9 Mar. 2024
• This divide is very real, yet none of the relevant terms can really be defined.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
• The stalemate hardened the divide between Mr. Altman and Mr. Brockman and other board members.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Generational divides can be bridged, but the people on either side of that distance have to be willing to meet halfway.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• In China, the biggest divide in wealth is among rural and urban residents.
  — Li Yuan, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• This action in a Black and brown neighborhood was the manifestation of the racial divide in America.
  — Wisdom O. Cole, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• And while the new state-level evidence in the adoption of electric vehicles might show less of a partisan divide, one left-leaning state still has the most in the country.
  — Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
• First, sharp racial and ethnic divides remain around who has bachelor’s degree in the United States today.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 9 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024