Sentence examples for a contentious symbol from inspiring English sources

People might disagree about what the Confederate flag means to different people, but we can agree that it's a contentious symbol.

And now Kelli Estrella, a farmer and award-winning cheesemaker whose pastureland is tucked into a bend of the Wynoochee River here, has become a potent symbol in a contentious national debate over the safety of food produced by small farmers and how much the government should regulate it.

A long-time human rights advocate, Saad started Justice Femme in the midst of the proposed "secular charter" debate, a contentious Parti Québecois effort to ban religious symbols that was heavily criticized for singling out Muslim women.

Upheld equally as a symbol of religious freedom, liberal thinking and Christian feminism, Anne Hutchinson is a contentious figure, having been lionised, mythologised and demonised by various writers.

They are ideological symbols meant to assert power over our public spaces, a fact that became palpable during a contentious City Council debate on the removal plan.

Water remains a contentious subject.

Patterson is a contentious victor.

This winter, a contentious budget season looms.

THE Japanese cabinet is a contentious lot.

But it is still a contentious one.

Eraser-tipped pencils have a contentious history.