Sentence examples for divisive event from inspiring English sources

The Party establishment was determined that the conference not be a divisive event, and they succeeded.

The war became the most divisive event in Israel's history until that point.

The move transformed the vote into a competitive and potentially divisive event.

"Let's not make the capture or killing of Osama bin Laden a politically divisive event," Romney said.

"Let's not make the capture or killing of Osama bin Laden a politically divisive event," Mr. Romney said on "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday.

Mr. Dunn said he believed the confrontation over the boy was "the most divisive event in Miami's history, and a lot of non-Cuban Hispanics have been on the sidelines".

Mr. Diallo's death has been one of the most divisive events of Mr. Giuliani's mayoralty, and it has crystallized much of the anger felt about him and about aggressive policing in the city's black community.

But in this case, the Egyptian authorities are under such pressure to establish an immediate stranglehold over the interpretation of divisive events, that the media becomes the most obvious of targets.

Smith's M.O. is to select a topic -- often a divisive national event -- and conduct hundreds of interviews with concerned parties.

Halloween events in the park area, known as the "Mardi Gras of the Pacific", have long been a divisive issue between Maui County and the Cultural Resources Commission.

Cover art was a divisive issue.