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
• Iraqis are even more divided on the matter.
  — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
• Whether a trust can be so divided is complex and depends on the terms of the trust.
  — Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• The cars were both in the westbound lanes of the divided highway.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2024
• Just as the justices have grown more divided, so has their staff, eroding trust.
  — Jodi Kantor, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
• Of course, the show wasn’t all a reminder of our divided, racist nation.
  — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
• Is her divided interest a loss to both spheres?
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
• Views on how the country is conducting the war are far more divided.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
• 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
• Judges are deeply divided on how this fits with the 4th Amendment.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
• Is there a scenario where the British monarchy is no longer so divided?
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 June 2026
• This race has shown me that the community is still deeply divided.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
• Our country is more divided than ever.
  — Erica Mosca, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
• And people, no matter how divided, should not kill each other.
  — Mark Kassen, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
• 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
• Opinions across the board remain deeply divided.
  — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 27 Nov. 2025
• 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
• With a divided Congress, what do people think of the parties' stances?
  — Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
• The divided market is even more extreme over the past three months, on roughly the time scale of the Iran war.
  — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 13 May 2026
• His attention is very much divided.
  — John Ruwitch, NPR, 11 June 2026
• Young people are growing up in a climate that can feel cruel, divided or lonely.
  — Julie Ruth Owen, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
• Namely, 81% of those surveyed for the poll said the wealthy and non-wealthy are more divided than united.
  — Melina Khan, USA Today, 18 June 2026
• Already her death has become a lightning rod in an already tense and divided nation.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
• But when broken down to younger voters, preferences were more divided.
  — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
• Parliament is deeply divided and none of its three main groups have a majority.
  — Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
• But the peace forged at Dayton bound Bosnia in a straitjacket that has kept it divided since.
  — Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
• The justices sounded divided and a bit uncertain over how to proceed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026