Sentence examples for widened the divides from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wang, a member of the ruling Politburo, has been widely criticized by Uighurs and foreign scholars of Xinjiang as a hard-liner whose policies have widened the divides among Hans, Uighurs and other ethnicities.

Such bitter controversies widened the divide between the two parties.

They have always been different in that way, but geography widened the divide.

Abe's Yasukuni visit also widened the divide between two of America's closest allies in the region, Japan and South Korea.

Opponents say it has widened the divide between rich UMNO wheeler-dealers and their less fortunate Malay brethren.

The economic advantages enjoyed by large-market teams, provided mostly by local broadcast rights, has widened the divide between wealthy and penny-pinching franchises.

Opponents of Mr. Chávez say he has widened the divide between economic and social classes and edged the nation into recession.

This elitist inclination widened the divide between feminist organizers and the masses of American women who lived in those slums or spoke with foreign accents.

In an interview with The Independent, the Liberal Democrat leader widened the divide between the Coalition parties by claiming that Mr Cameron would be "held to ransom" if he did not form another coalition with the Lib Dems.

The gap between blacks and whites has narrowed since the earliest days of the recession, but only because white unemployment has jumped; ultimately, the recession has just widened the divide.

Black Madonna and Child of Einsiedeln In inventing a rift between Jesus and Jews these artworks widened the divide between Christianity and Judaism -- a divide that has only recently begun to close.