Instead of uniting the elite behind him, this could turn more people against him.
Instead of uniting, the provinces are aggrieved, each thinking itself undersupplied with flood relief.
Instead of uniting to start the revolution, we buy more shoes.
Instead of uniting around the new leader, the party thereupon coalesced around two sullen and unforgiving camps.
At its worst, however, religion can be fanatical, intolerant, and divisive, tearing communities apart instead of uniting them.
But instead of uniting forces, as Team New Zealand has done with tens of millions of dollars in governmental support, the leading French sailors started competing challengers: Aleph and Energy Team.
In its editorial, Zimbabwe newspaper The Herald said that "instead of uniting for a worthy cause, leaders of the civil service unions are tending to their egos".
One of the reasons Linux failed on netbooks was that the leading suppliers offered their own versions instead of uniting behind a common platform.
It is a tremendous shame that the religious right has taken excerpts from the Bible to create an agenda that divides people instead of uniting them.
Its two central edifices – the shape described above, as well as a big red louvred piece – posed unsolved lighting problems, splitting instead of uniting the space.
