How to Use diverge in a Sentence

diverge

verb
Definition of divergenext
Synonyms for divergenext
  • They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives diverged.
  • But some of her past comments could diverge from its orthodoxy.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
  • The results diverge with the broader economic context of the three economies.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 July 2024
  • Now, cities are starting to diverge, with some cities showing increases in homicide.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, there are few signs that Beijing will diverge from its zero covid approach anytime soon.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 27 May 2022
  • Their violence statistics now diverge sharply from those of the U.S.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2022
  • Growing up in an Oregon farm town, the sisters' paths diverge when they are scouted for a women's baseball league.
    — Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 24 June 2024
  • Harris has been careful not to publicly diverge from Biden’s staunch support of Israel.
    — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • Where the candidates really diverge is in tone — and in what that difference likely reveals about how each would behave in office.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 3 May 2022
  • Two sisters' paths repeatedly diverge and intersect through this story about trauma and reckoning with it.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 24 May 2022
  • That's not to discount the seriousness of nuclear threats or the chance that this period could diverge from historical patterns.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 19 May 2022
  • By not including a megacap like Tesla, however, there is now a potential risk that the two indices could diverge more than intended.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 May 2022
  • Some words are pronounced relatively similarly, while others diverge.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2022
  • But in an old city (think Rome or Paris), things diverge.
    — Liran Tancman, Forbes, 12 July 2022
  • For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb jelly.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
  • On the brink of adolescence, Ian’s and Roland’s paths diverge.
    — Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The fields may have since diverged, but the overlap still makes perfect sense.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Over the years, their paths diverge as Bruno remains faithful to the mountain while Pietro comes and goes from the city.
    — Vulture, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Nailed to a tree were signs that announced the diverging paths, Swoop and Bypass.
    — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The two small towns’ futures diverged, in many ways, starting in 1970.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 29 May 2024
  • The Broadway version diverges from the movie’s plot at times, and certainly adds song-and-dance that wasn’t in the film.
    — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 20 June 2024
  • To be sure, Healey and Baker diverge in a variety of ways, too.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Two roads diverged his freshman year; Bass chose the one paved in loyalty to his coach and team.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The diverging plans are no surprise, as the Prince and Princess of Wales have a rugby rivalry!
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Both promise to get thousands of people off the city’s streets, but their plans diverge widely in scale and method.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Sharks and rays Rays and skates (which at first glance look like stingrays) diverged from the shark family some 200 million years ago.
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, their views on economics would diverge greatly in years to come.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Apr. 2024
  • As the Supreme Court has shifted to the right in recent years, states have begun to diverge on parental-involvement laws.
    — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Calvert and Rollins diverge on a number of pivotal issues.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • Experts diverge on whether the sanctions have had a strong enough impact on Russia.
    — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2023

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