DIVIDED in a Sentence

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Upon a nature long accustomed to self-suppression, thus torn and divided, the Harthouse philosophy came as a relief and justification.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIVIDED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
divide
 v.  sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
Classic Sentence: (180 in 13 pages)
1  So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so moderate did the terms seem when divided between us, that the bargain was concluded upon the spot, and we at once entered into possession.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  The valley in which he found himself divided and sub-divided into many gorges, which were so like each other that it was impossible to distinguish one from the other.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  The whole farm was deeply divided on the subject of the windmill.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
4  Until now the animals had been about equally divided in their sympathies, but in a moment Snowball's eloquence had carried them away.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
5  "Batty," Grace called her, as she felt on her face the divided glance that was half meant for a beast in a swamp, half for a maid in a print frock and white apron.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
6  In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance I had been hitherto accustomed to call mine.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
7  He walked fast, hunted by his fears, chattering to himself, skulking through the less-frequented thoroughfares, counting the minutes that still divided him from midnight.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
8  And certainly the hate that now divided them was equal on each side.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
9  The assembly was divided at this point.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
10  Upon a nature long accustomed to self-suppression, thus torn and divided, the Harthouse philosophy came as a relief and justification.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
11  On this point opinion was divided.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
12  The park was denuded of its timber, and divided into lots.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
13  Therefore, again, she was divided between two feelings: resentment against him, and a desire to make it up with him.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
14  In return for such services she loved him better than anybody in the world except William: her heart was divided between the two.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  It was the first day for many, many weeks, in which the families had been wholly divided.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
16  Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.
17  The party was divided on this issue.
18  Opinion is deeply divided on this issue.
19  He divided his hair at the side and not in the middle.
20  The country is divided up into nine regions.
21  The jury were divided in opinion.
22  It wasn't the first time that this particular difference had divided them and it wouldn't be the last.
23  The period can be divided into three distinct phases.
24  The physical benefits of exercise can be divided into three factors.
25  He divided the rest of his property among his brothers and sisters.
26  The community remains divided along religious lines.
27  Self-interest now propels both Clinton and Republican leaders in Congress to reach accommodation on issues that long have divided them.
28  The school day is divided into seven periods.
29  They divided the money between themselves.
30  The investigator will be divided into three groups.