How to Use divided in a Sentence

divided

adjective

• Experts are sharply divided on the issue.
• The issue has created a deeply divided nation.
• She feels like she only gets her mother's divided attention.
• Now is the right time to launch the platform in such a divided world.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
• But the Catholic Church in the United States, like the rest of the country, is deeply divided.
  — Tracy Wilkinson Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2021
• The cars were both in the westbound lanes of the divided highway.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2024
• People were very divided on it in the reviews of the tour.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
• Whether a trust can be so divided is complex and depends on the terms of the trust.
  — Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Of course, the show wasn’t all a reminder of our divided, racist nation.
  — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
• And Israelis have gotten wise to the games Bibi has played in the past to keep them divided and distracted.
  — Micah L. Sifry, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
• But a divided appeals court revived the case this month.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• The dough can be prepared, divided, wrapped in plastic wrap, and stored in the fridge for one day before rolling out.
  — Molly Bolton, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
• And in a time in which the world can feel very divided, this is more important than ever.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
• The restaurant’s theme celebrates the best of land and sea, and the two sections of the divided restaurant reflect that.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
• Just as the justices have grown more divided, so has their staff, eroding trust.
  — Jodi Kantor, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
• But a divided legislative branch with Biden still in the White House could be the recipe for a debt-ceiling repeat.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
• Views on how the country is conducting the war are far more divided.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
• With a divided Congress, what do people think of the parties' stances?
  — Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Performed in 2022, in the midst of an overseas war and a divided nation, the song can arguably take on new meanings.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2022
• Korea is still at war, North and South, legally, but there is an armistice and a divided country.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 July 2024
• Hall was in bed inside his room on the upstairs level of the divided residence when a massive tree crashed through the roof of the home.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
• This month, a divided three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed most of the judge’s order.
  — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021
• In the Marquette survey, the most knowledgeable adults were the most divided and the least positive toward the court.
  — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2021
• Democrats remain divided on the massive spending bill that amounts to the bulk of Biden's plan to cut carbon emissions.
  — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 20 Sep. 2021
• Both sides of this divided nation have been hoping for the destruction of those on the other side.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
• But the poll showed that Democrats remain deeply divided about the prospect of Mr. Biden, the 81-year-old chief executive, leading the party again.
  — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• This race has shown me that the community is still deeply divided.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
• The nation’s so divided, this kind of reminds us about what’s important, and what can unite us.
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2022
• And the open follow-up question is, could enough Democrats hold out for such a deal, assuming Republicans remain divided?
  — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
• Opinion is strongly divided regarding the fairness and efficacy of such laws, with the public conflicted.
  — Ellen Sauerbrey, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025