How to Use divisive in a Sentence

divisive

adjective

• Still, the state of the Texas power grid has been a divisive topic for years.
  — Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
• The song, which was released in May, has been quite divisive.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• While many comments on TikTok praised the video, the same post on Twitter was more divisive.
  — Jeffrey Clark, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2023
• Holmes’ dress-over-jeans look for the 2022 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball was divisive, yes.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
• This won’t be the first year Hollywood’s biggest night takes place amid a divisive war.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2024
• To be a place of peaceful dialogue and debate for even the most divisive issues in the world today.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
• The practice of keeping your dog confined in a cage for periods of time is a divisive one.
  — Kelly Conaboy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• This debate isn’t just about the 20 states that have enacted these divisive bans.
  — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
• The use of bait has always been a divisive subject in deer hunting circles.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023
• Despite the divisive nature of the bill, debate was largely calm.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• The movie was divisive, and a box office failure, and everyone moved on.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• In her opinion piece, Sandberg notes that the conflict itself is divisive, but adds that a stance against rape shouldn't be.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• He was shocked by how divisive school-board elections had become in his small town of Mount Vernon, Iowa.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• Though it’s been more than half a year since the divisive rebrand, the platform’s web domain is still twitter.com — even x.com redirects to the original link.
  — Saira Mueller, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• The prequels were rather divisive at the time of their release, and Christensen’s performance bore the brunt of that criticism.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• Asma, there hasn't been an issue that's been this divisive.
  — ABC News, 10 Dec. 2023
• So his success with what was once such a divisive bill is a win for Jeter, who carried a similar bill in 2023, which died in the Senate.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• Musk’s ownership of Twitter has been the most divisive.
  — Makena Kelly, The Verge, 29 June 2023
• The idea of wrapping the 2024 campaign around this kind of high concept is divisive in Democratic circles.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• While the content is divisive, prank videos remain a popular genre on YouTube.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
• This is a very smoky single malt from the Islay region, and the palate can be divisive in the whisky world with its notes of iodine, burning rubber, and salty seaweed.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
• There's no denying that floral perfumes can be a divisive scent.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024
• The ruling was the latest turn in a long effort to dispense withthe divisive statue, which the Army had slated for removal this week.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• Trailing in the polls with an election on the horizon, Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, is turning to divisive issues like refugees and crime.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• The topic of race in this country is extremely divisive.
  — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• The backlash comes at a divisive moment for transgender rights.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
• And even if the subject matter was divisive, the audience would be bonded by humor.
  — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
• Although oysters can be a bit divisive, those who love them really love them.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
• Equally divisive is the schism between Jews who fear a rise of anti-Jewish bias and those who worry that such concerns are stifling free speech.
  — Katherine Rosman Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Park is widely heralded as one of the world’s great filmmakers, but his movies remain divisive.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024