Sentence examples for widely divisive from inspiring English sources

The decision brings closure to countless Filipinos who can finally put an end to a widely divisive issue.

Exotic dancer Lisa Gier King's allegations prompted a widely divisive police investigation and the film still splits viewers -- usually, Spellman notes, straight down gender lines.

No policy of Donald Trump's has been as widely divisive and immediately harmful as his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States for a temporary period of time.

Rowdy protests against Trump and a campaign that was widely criticised as divisive have spread to cities all over the country following his victory on Tuesday, leading to dozens of arrests and a complaint from Trump on Twitter about "professional protesters" in one of his first public remarks as president-elect.

In early 1984, Reagan was widely viewed as a divisive and controversial figure.

The 2011 Palme d'or winner, Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life," while divisive, was widely seen as a creditable pick.

Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian doctor who had long been Bin Laden's deputy, is widely viewed as a divisive figure whose ascent to the top position could further weaken the hub of the network.

The schools secretary is a divisive figure, widely mistrusted by MPs for his role as a Brown partisan, both as an MP and a special adviser to the then-chancellor.

Mr. Sununu had no Washington seasoning and was widely viewed as a divisive figure in the White House, but the elder Mr. Bush felt indebted to him because Mr. Sununu had helped him win the New Hampshire primary.

Prime Minister designate Haider al-Abadi, a moderate Shia, is trying to form a more inclusive government - following international criticism of outgoing PM Nouri Maliki, who was widely seen as a divisive figure.

Instead, he vows to transform what is widely seen as an obstructionist, divisive bureaucracy into a user-friendly — and unifying — service organization.