How to Use divider in a Sentence
divider
noun- He says that he's a uniter, not a divider.
- She has proven to be a divider of people.
- Concrete barriers are used as highway dividers.
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There were no walls, doors or any kind of dividers in the room.
—Billboard, 6 July 2018
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One was plain; one had dividers like a relish tray.
—Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
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The staffers placed the slides in a plastic case with dividers so the slides didn’t touch.
—Wendy Ruderman, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
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The sprayer comes with a dose divider to let users know how much to give in each nostril.
—Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2024
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Moore then teaches me to walk off distance with a divider on the map.
—Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022
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This divider set does not act as one unit and does not include a base, so keep that in mind.
—Katie Melynn, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
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Many crates come with dividers to adjust as your puppy grows.
—Jessica Moore, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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The rack comes with eight dividers and can withstand up to 50 pounds.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2023
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Some hot pots allow for two bases with a divider that splits the pot down the middle.
—Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 10 Mar. 2022
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There’s also room divider filled with large glass jars of his damgeum-ju, or infused liquors.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Witnesses sit at the front of the room behind a clear divider.
—New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
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The sense of language as both a uniter and divider is rarely so deftly conveyed.
—Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, 14 June 2018
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The glass can clink together and break in the bag without padded dividers.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024
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The glass can clink together and break in the bag without padded dividers.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
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The beaded room divider and sea foam green decor add a tropical vibe to the sleek space.
—Katie Lockhart, CNN, 11 July 2022
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Here, an antique room divider adds depth to a formal living room.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
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The cloth divider inside separates the two pieces of the cue.
—Chris Hachey, BGR, 5 Mar. 2021
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Some of them hung in the air as room dividers, but most were covering surfaces.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
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Walnuts are dry enough for storage when the divider between the nut halves breaks with a snap.
—oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2019
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Du told Search a voice had ordered him to crash his car into the divider that night.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
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Aerial footage showed the victim's car parked next to the center divider.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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As one of the planet’s most perfect foods, pizza should be a uniter, not a divider.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2019
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One side of the clamshell-style suitcase can be zipped up with a mesh divider to keep your items safely in place.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
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The exact divider between them, where the ice lifts off, is called the grounding line.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 16 Feb. 2022
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Trump is, in the words of a predecessor, a 'divider' not a 'uniter'.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 30 May 2020
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The potential for tangling lights is high, in spite of the box’s dividers and wraps for string lights.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
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The crash caused the truck to brush up against the concrete dividers, causing the trailer to be forced open.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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