Sentence examples for contentious rift from inspiring English sources
But perhaps the most contentious rift involved a nuclear deal initiated by the United States.
But the contentious talks exposed rifts within the European Union over how much the member states are willing to do to keep Greece in the 19-nation currency union.
"This has been a contentious issue," she added of the rift between the two well-known women's health organizations.
Mr. Clyburn, who sharply criticized former President Bill Clinton recently for contentious remarks that Mr. Clyburn said caused an irreparable rift with African-Americans, argued that Senator Barack Obama's 14-point victory in North Carolina far exceeded expectations and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's squeaker in Indiana represented a profound disappointment for her campaign.
A contentious GOP Senate primary in Wisconsin has caused a rift in the state's Republican Party.
"This has been a contentious issue," Brinker said of the media coverage of the rift between the two well-known women's health organizations.
The hometown divide helps to shed light on a broader rift, as Mr. Bush and like-minded Republicans engage in an unusually contentious fight with the rest of their party in the national debate over immigration.
LONDON — The British government was headed for a bruising showdown on Tuesday with Anglican and Roman Catholic Church leaders over Prime Minister David Cameron's contentious plan to legalize same-sex marriage, presaging what some clerics called the most serious rift between church and state in centuries.
OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Anglican and Roman Catholic Church leaders are at odds with the British government over Prime Minister David Cameron's contentious plan to legalize same-sex marriage, presaging what some clerics called the most serious church-state rift in centuries.
