The phrase "the topic was raised" is correct and usable in written English.
It means that a particular subject or issue has been brought up or mentioned. Example: During the meeting, the topic of budget cuts was raised by several members of the team.
The topic was raised briefly during a 20-minute news conference here today.
- and now it's started off racial debates," he told The Telegraph, when the topic was raised yet again.
According to Jay Glazer, the FoxSports.com reporter who broke the story, the topic was raised during a conversation between Favre and Matt Millen, the Lions' president at the time, while they were discussing a potential hunting trip.
And yet, on phone-ins, message boards, blogs and in pubs and on park benches, whenever the topic was raised, the British public were overwhelmingly supportive both of Davis, and his ideals.
Between hip cultural references about Napster and the World Wrestling Federation ("Smackdown!" Mr. Gore exclaimed when the topic was raised), the vice president explained his support for civil unions between homosexuals, his opposition to the legalization of medical marijuana and his distaste for misogynistic music.
Others bristle when the topic is raised.
That's what I've been shouting at the TV every time the topic is raised.
"Oh, Jesus!" she says, looking a little embarrassed when the topic is raised.
Donnie Walsh, the Knicks' president, has been careful not to publicly confirm his interest in Anthony, and he has grown increasingly testy with reporters when the topic is raised.
The lyrics feel like an articulation of doubts its protagonist is unable to express in real life, a hunch confirmed when Will turns bright red when the topic is raised, amid laughter from his bandmates.
If the topic were raised by a social worker, it might feel like coercion, he said.
