How to Use diverge in a Sentence

diverge

verb

• A prism causes rays of light to diverge.
• They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives diverged.
• The paths of the two men would cross and diverge over years.
  — Susan Larson, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Trembley let him in the house, and from there, the facts of the case diverged.
  — City News Service, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
• Some of their views have since aligned, some still diverge.
  — Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2020
• Some of their views have since aligned, some still diverge.
  — Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2020
• Some of their views have since aligned, some still diverge.
  — Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2020
• Some of their views have since aligned, some still diverge.
  — Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2020
• Some of their views have since aligned, some still diverge.
  — Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
• But in an old city (think Rome or Paris), things diverge.
  — Liran Tancman, Forbes, 12 July 2022
• For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb jelly.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
• And so are the criticisms of those who dare to diverge from it.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 1 Sep. 2021
• At this point, the process for each console will diverge.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 8 Oct. 2021
• But the two parties still diverge sharply on the scope of the commission.
  — Andrew Solender, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
• On the brink of adolescence, Ian’s and Roland’s paths diverge.
  — Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
• Daphne marries at the same time, but then their paths diverge.
  — Susan Dominus, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
• The fields may have since diverged, but the overlap still makes perfect sense.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
• Last week, Harry and Meghan's paths on the royal tour of Africa diverged.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 29 Sep. 2019
• Over the years, their paths diverge as Bruno remains faithful to the mountain while Pietro comes and goes from the city.
  — Vulture, 4 Jan. 2023
• Nailed to a tree were signs that announced the diverging paths, Swoop and Bypass.
  — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Over the years, their paths diverge as Bruno remains faithful to the mountain while Pietro comes and goes from the city.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
• Over the years, their paths diverge as Bruno remains faithful to the mountain while Pietro comes and goes from the city.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
• The two small towns’ futures diverged, in many ways, starting in 1970.
  — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 29 May 2024
• All parties agree on the broad outlines of the story but diverge on key facts.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022
• To some extent, the issues faced by these groups diverge.
  — Susan T. Mahler, STAT, 18 July 2021
• Here’s where the two candidates align and diverge on the issues.
  — Julia Shapero, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
• The group still meets every month and can diverge from its plans if needed.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 19 July 2021
• As the eye moves from left to right, there comes a moment when something changes; the colors diverge.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 16 July 2018
• This season, her ambitions and those of George diverged, leaving Bertha unmoored.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
• That’s good for both men and women—and can help young men identify and work toward a model of prosocial masculinity that diverges from the one being peddled by manosphere influencers such as Tate.
  — Brad Wilcox, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025