How to Use divergent in a Sentence

divergent

adjective

• The teams’ divergent openers are unlikely to matter much in the head-to-head openers though.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2021
• In other words, divergent thinking is coming up with new, innovative strategies or ideas.
  — Paul Estes, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• At the Mendes family home, the tension between these divergent economic paths hovers over a lunch of wild boar and homegrown rice and beans.
  — Brian Barth, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2021
• Deepfake detectors are a nascent art and different systems can produce wildly divergent results.
  — Tom Simonite, Wired, 23 Aug. 2021
• Yet just as the virus’ spread varies across U.S. states, E.U. member countries are seeing divergent outbreaks.
  — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
• As adults, Jaryk and Misha hold divergent views on art’s potential despite their intense, shared experience.
  — Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2021
• As of Tuesday evening, the review aggregator sites had wildly divergent scores for Deadpool 3.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
• After a sickening interval — that moment when vastly divergent futures have yet to fork — the stunt plane finally righted itself.
  — Robert Moor, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2021
• It’s one of the most devastating moments in Perry’s vast catalogue, not the sound of two rocks clashing, but of two lovers, ultimately on divergent paths.
  — Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2021
• What’s interesting about Montero, however, is how cohesive the divergent sounds feel.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
• The divergent messages raised doubts as to whether the Taliban are fully united behind the more moderate image their leadership is projecting.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Ranking any great band’s discography is bound to irritate some fans, especially a band like this, which enjoyed two highly successful – and fairly divergent – runs with two famous frontmen.
  — Sean Burch, SPIN, 11 Aug. 2024
• Adding to the intrigue in Paris are the divergent paths this season of Nadal and Djokovic.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 21 May 2022
• The schools have been on divergent paths since meeting in the BCS title game at the end of the 2009 season.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
• The two sides have vastly divergent views of what the summit should achieve.
  — New York Times, 6 Nov. 2021
• Lurie’s fandom, of course, took a divergent path in 1994.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• Since then, divergent accounts have emerged about what the two sides discussed and agreed to.
  — Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
• Never have the cases for and against the effort been so divergent.
  — New York Times, 13 Mar. 2022
• But, after that, states with bans saw a divergent trend.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
• What has made the thievery so unique is the divergent approaches.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
• Despite their divergent paths, the men shared things in common.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
• Much has been made of Hailey Bieber and husband Justin Bieber’s divergent styles.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
• Are two point guards with wildly divergent styles one too many?
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• The leaks suggest that the standard and Pro models will be more divergent than in recent years.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
• Many of the characters have embarked down divergent paths, and Alina's might be the darkest of them all.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• The challenge is to transition from a convergent state of mind to a divergent one.
  — Saurabh Chandekar, Quartz, 22 Dec. 2022
• Prisca falls somewhere in the middle of these divergent women.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2023
• The Metro station in that blueprint has taken a divergent path.
  — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022
• The most divergent concept was more of a Sundance indie film.
  — EW.com, 2 July 2024
• The divergent results come ahead of the critical Black Friday, one of the largest single shopping days.
  — Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024