Sentence examples for somewhat divisive from inspiring English sources

On the streets of Lackawanna's Yemeni neighborhood, Mr. Derwish was a prominent, if somewhat divisive figure.

That said, his Champagnes — his wines — are distinctive, and distinctive wines will always be at least somewhat divisive.

The two women had actually become somewhat divisive figures in the business community, particularly as they leaned further to the right in their respective primaries on issues like same-sex marriage, immigration and offshore oil drilling.

Questions such as whether to recognise marriage in the tax system are already somewhat divisive (Mr Cameron is keener than his liberal shadow chancellor, George Osborne).But whereas America's religious right is largely defined by divisive lifestyle issues such as gay marriage and abortion, the Christians influencing the Tories focus on social problems such as poverty and delinquency.

At the same time "The Nintendo Difference" is somewhat divisive.

He has a somewhat divisive presentation style, but few in this world are capable of talking up a laptop hinge with the same level of passion.

Tied with it is Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life, which has had every bit as much of a hype campaign but has proved somewhat critically divisive, having been ruthlessly panned at the height of its good press by both the London Review of Books and the New York Review of Books.

Watching it gives a somewhat alarmingly divisive impression of hazy Berlin nightlife memories — or reveries for those who haven't experienced it.

After years of being viewed as a somewhat marginal and divisive issue here, the campaign to free Mr. Pollard has become a mainstream crusade.

"My major prayer is that what has turned into somewhat of a divisive issue might develop into an occasion of very civil, rational, loving, respectful discussion," Dolan said.

She was divisive in Downing Street, divisive at the polling booth and now, somewhat inevitably, she's proving divisive at the box office.