Sentence examples for divisive manner from inspiring English sources
"What does the word mean to you?" "Trolling," he says, "is the use of rhetoric in a divisive manner.
Usually, public debate takes place on raucous television chat shows, which critics accuse of framing issues in a confrontational and divisive manner.
"It is a sad day for this union when the executive board behaves in such a partisan, underhanded and divisive manner," she said in a statement.
Some MPs hope to persuade Mr Davis that he can win the leadership, but only in a divisive manner by overturning the verdict of MPs by a campaign in the country.
Discussions would take place in a "constructive" not "divisive" manner and the group would support the government, he stressed, particularly in its handling of the immediate crisis facing the eurozone.
As a new type of clustering algorithms, the edge-betweenness was defined as a global measure to separate PPI networks into subgraphs in a divisive manner [6] [9].
In a letter to Mr. Dodd, Mr. McConnell called the refusal to bring his bill to a vote a sign "that the majority intends to manipulate this debate in a divisive, partisan manner that dooms the election-reform effort".
Much has been said about Jade Goody's legacy; there has already been a TV programme on the subject, which concluded that however divisive the manner of her dying, her frankness about her cervical cancer will save lives.
A quick trip down memory lane reveals that Clinton has a history of employing race in a divisive, cynical manner.
The genial white candidate, his black ex-lesbian wife, their son's stupendous Afro, the beauty and poise of their daughter, with her latte complexion — these, far more than any ideological checklist, were what did the trick, and did it in the most inclusive, least divisive, most joyous manner imaginable.
Coming from someone known for good manners and not for divisive name calling in the style of Newt Gingrich, that certainly sounded to many like a promise that he would work carefully to build consensus.
