How to Use divisive in a Sentence

divisive

adjective

• And flip-flops proved to be divisive.
  — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
• That’s how divisive this man is.
  — Abigail Wise, Outside, 13 Feb. 2026
• These are tough times, divisive times.
  — Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026
• Fage This sour cream was the most divisive.
  — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
• Back then, school felt divisive.
  — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
• Neymar was a divisive pick in the first place.
  — Colin Millar, New York Times, 18 June 2026
• Last week’s cold open was divisive among many in the fanbase.
  — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
• Who knew a babydoll dress could be so divisive?
  — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 24 June 2026
• Her comments are divisive and not based in fact.
  — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
• This is why divisive concepts laws miss the mark.
  — Dana Stangel-Plowe, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
• Too many mimic divisive rhetoric to score cheap points or achieve short-term goals.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2022
• The episode was chaotic, painful, and deeply divisive.
  — Emin Gün Sirer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
• This has been one of the most divisive seasons of our lifetime.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
• And no amount of divisive politics from afar can change that.
  — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
• The song, which was released in May, has been quite divisive.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• Yenor has long been a divisive figure in Boise.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Dec. 2025
• Linderbaum is one of the more divisive prospects in this year’s class.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2022
• Still, the state of the Texas power grid has been a divisive topic for years.
  — Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
• Zoning has been among the most divisive issues.
  — Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
• Gu has been one of her sport’s most divisive figures for two Olympic cycles.
  — Griffin Eckstein, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
• At the most divisive time in our history, their thought was how to heal the nation’s wounds.
  — WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• Those three words — take the points — have become some of the most divisive in football today.
  — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• Almond extract, which is used in this recipe, is a divisive flavor.
  — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
• The result is both distinctive and, based on our straw polling, divisive.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 5 Nov. 2021
• Here are more deets on divisive baby names that were—believe it or not—mentioned more than once in this thread.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
• But that would be a divisive spectacle.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
• Now, the new law comes while the state is embroiled in a divisive culture war over trans athletes in girls' sports.
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
• There’s nothing divisive about that!
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
• But one of the downfalls certainly has been how divisive some of the language is.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
• The use of bait has always been a divisive subject in deer hunting circles.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023