Sentence examples for riven into from inspiring English sources

Like science and religion, stove design is riven into sects and disciplines.

The nation is once again riven into fiefs under the control of tribal chiefs and brutal warlords.

The IWC is riven into two diametrically opposed blocs: those who are absolutely determined that no whaling should ever take place and those determined that it should.

Though the movement was diverse and riven into factions, it is commonly stereotyped as angst-ridden and blustery -- a caricature that the Pop artists helped to draw so they could more effectively mock their more solemn predecessors.

The White House was riven into competing camps: those who wanted to attack the growing federal budget deficits and those who believed Mr. Clinton had to make good on his campaign promises to "invest" billions of new dollars in education, training and other social programs.

The world—having suffered a past cataclysm was riven into a collection of five floating islands.

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, 9 AUGUST 2003 - Over a million people in Sindh and the neighboring Provinces of Punjab and Balochistan have been affected by the worst monsoon rains in recent history which have so far caused nearly 200 deaths, left thousands homeless and transformed drought riven land into vast interior lakes of stagnant water.

UNICEF support continues as Pakistan flood waters recede ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, 9 AUGUST 2003 - Over a million people in Sindh and the neighboring Provinces of Punjab and Balochistan have been affected by the worst monsoon rains in recent history which have so far caused nearly 200 deaths, left thousands homeless and transformed drought riven land into vast interior lakes of stagnant water.

Sometimes described as post-jazz, for their affinities with post-rockers such as Tortoise and Godspeed You Black Emperor, Seb Rochford's quintet adopt a disarmingly postmodern approach to jazz, drawing from its vast library of styles with scant regard for the historical rivalries that have traditionally riven the genre into competing cliques and movements.

Its south-west coast is riven with deep gashes into the glorious 2,000-plus 2,000-pluse metreains.

In the period when Shorten emerged the winner of the leadership ballot, the Labor caucus was riven, demoralised, exhausted – still fractured into warring tribes that reached right back into the Beazley era.