Sentence examples for divisive controversy from inspiring English sources
"divisive controversy" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English
It is typically used to describe a situation or topic that causes strong disagreements and divisions among people. Example: The decision to remove the statue of a controversial historical figure has sparked a divisive controversy in the city, with some advocating for its removal and others vehemently opposing it.
Hot button means an emotional, divisive controversy and does not mean a hot topic.
Many fear their causes have been undermined by the costly and divisive controversy, despite the spotlight it cast on their complaints.
Mr. Mack also referred to the turmoil that engulfed Morgan Stanley several years ago and led to the departure of his predecessor, Phillip J. Purcell, saying the board would not tolerate a similarly divisive controversy.
She said there were more divisive controversies that didn't make the final cut.
With the Front National's triumph in last year's European elections, the growing concerns over large numbers of French jihadis going to Syria and Iraq, and the succession of divisive controversies over Islam and its place in French society, these were, said Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grande Mosquée de Paris, not easy times to be a French Muslim.
However, a divisive constitutional controversy appears to be brewing over how long the next elected chief executive will serve.
Continued advances in this rapidly evolving field are likely to allow therapy to be delivered in a safe and effective manner without socially divisive ethical controversy in the not-so-distant future.
It should also help calm the divisive passions the election controversy has rekindled between the descendants of mainland families who fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war and the families who have lived in Taiwan for many generations.
Such tactics actually undermine productive critical dialog (Jamison Green, p.e.c., August 20, 2006) And indeed the divisive shockwaves from the controversy over TMWWBQ are still reverberating within trans circles in ways that don't seem productive or civil much of the time.
Some of these were (and still are) seen as divisive and/or highly controversial - a good documentary film maker welcomes controversy!
Shahina Bashir Germantown, Md., Aug. 23, 2010 To the Editor: Instead of being so divisive, the ground zero mosque controversy could be a golden opportunity for taking a step toward reducing interfaith tensions.
