Sentence examples for were debated from inspiring English sources
verb
To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
Basically three views were debated.
The legal limits of coercive force were debated.
Assemblies went on for hours, proposals were debated ad nauseam.
Their motives for "jumping" Caligula were debated and explained.
After consultation, the codes were debated in parliament before coming into force in February.
After manufacturing ended, other possible uses for the building were debated for several years.
The bill reached the chamber after 9pm on Tuesday, and amendments were debated until 2am.
"All of those things were debated at length," said an administration official involved in the process.
"It was in Dwyer's courtroom," Mr. Hamilton said, "that the constitutional stakes were debated most forcefully".
The questions were debated anew after the project was completed, this time without consensus.
Some of the issues, especially Social Security and education, were debated in the presidential campaign.
