How to Use polarize in a Sentence

polarize

verb
Definition of polarizenext
Synonyms for polarizenext
  • The war has polarized the nation.
  • The current debate polarizes along lines of class and race.
  • This year, stealth wealth emerged as one of the biggest—and most polarizing—trends.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • It's become even more polarizing in the lead-up to the 2024 election.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 31 July 2024
  • In a Court, and a country, as polarized as this one, such exchanges can be helpful.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • The actress was impressed by the polarizing main course.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Trump and Vance will be strident and polarizing in their rhetoric.
    — Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2024
  • The singer was spotted in the Hamptons yesterday wearing a polarizing style that’s ebbed in and out of style over the years.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Viewers' reactions to the film were polarizing, to say the least.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Drummond's value seems to be polarizing not just among fans but around the NBA.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The polarizing debate surrounding the war in Gaza war was already primed to spark protests in Berlin.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Yes, but: The list (and others like it) has become polarizing.
    — Arika Herron, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The actions were part of a wave of fallout on campuses for students, who are deeply polarized over the fighting.
    — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But in the decade that followed his presidency, the right closed ranks, tearing down the big tent and working to polarize the electorate.
    — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Around the world, nations have become deeply polarized.
    — TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Later in the meeting, some board members suggested Meier was working to polarize the board with the claim.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Canteen Boy, like so many of his ideas, was polarizing.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Amy March, the youngest of the bunch, polarizes fans with her selfishness and her suitor, the very man many readers think the book’s main character, Jo, should love.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 14 Aug. 2019
  • As the country has become more polarized, this has meant more frequent lurches in the Badger State.
    — Nancy C. Unger / Made By History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The issue is polarizing, but not down the middle and not strictly along party lines.
    — Benjamin Case, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Times and perceptions do change — and the approach to policing is as polarized as ever.
    — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • It’s not our intent to polarize for the sake of ceremony.
    — Men's Health, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Memphis design was provocative and polarizing—and that was the point.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The film polarized viewers but many film critics called it a masterpiece.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, for half a century, the law has been one more thing that polarizes people's thinking.
    — Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • But Shakira is now making a case for bringing the polarizing styling choice back into the mainstream.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 July 2023
  • But its appeal is as limited as the film is confused, and the movie is bound to polarize critics and audiences.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Some of her fellow Olympians have extended grace in the face of the polarizing performance.
    — A.d. Carson, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The shocking reveal led many people to declare the campaign lost for Trump as female voters withdrew even further from the polarizing candidate.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Over the past few years, U.S. politics has become increasingly polarized.
    — Stephen Nalley, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024

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