How to Use divider in a Sentence

divider

noun
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  • Inside, there is a full-zip interior divider and cross straps to keep things organized.
    — Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2024
  • There’s no physical divider between them, aside from a stairway leading ominously up to a floor above them, which is split in two.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The fireplace acts as a room divider in the open space.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The rack comes with eight dividers and can withstand up to 50 pounds.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Their car then crashed head-on with an SUV that had crossed over the lane divider.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Moore then teaches me to walk off distance with a divider on the map.
    — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Some hot pots allow for two bases with a divider that splits the pot down the middle.
    — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The exact divider between them, where the ice lifts off, is called the grounding line.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 16 Feb. 2022
  • This divider set does not act as one unit and does not include a base, so keep that in mind.
    — Katie Melynn, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The glass can clink together and break in the bag without padded dividers.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
  • Witnesses sit at the front of the room behind a clear divider.
    — New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Du told Search a voice had ordered him to crash his car into the divider that night.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The potential for tangling lights is high, in spite of the box’s dividers and wraps for string lights.
    — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Arrange forks and spoons on their side between the dividers.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 5 May 2023
  • With the cubby box upside down (so the longer edges of the cubby dividers are down), align the board for the bottom of the cubbies along the sides.
    — Lucy Fitzgerald, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The beaded room divider and sea foam green decor add a tropical vibe to the sleek space.
    — Katie Lockhart, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • One side of the clamshell-style suitcase can be zipped up with a mesh divider to keep your items safely in place.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The Toyota drove over a divider in the intersection and slammed into the Hyundai.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The cardboard holders have weighted magnets to keep the dividers in place.
    — Addie Morton, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2023
  • All of the dividers have firm, elastic sides so they won’t be crushed by shoes and will protect all items inside.
    — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
  • There's a divider on one side and three pockets on the other to keep her organized.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 12 Aug. 2022
  • What to Consider The jewelry might scratch up the mirror on the divider.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Keep your books in a basket, store toiletries in trays and add dividers to drawers.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The dividers are adjustable, and the twin latches close securely.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Between each layer of food or drink, add more ice packs as dividers.
    — Casey Clark, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
  • The staff now had to do it for diners, from behind a plexiglass divider.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, there were yoga mats, four to a room, with a plastic divider.
    — Fox News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Their bed is tucked into the living room’s bay window behind the couch, which serves as a room divider.
    — Laura Fenton, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Like the time a guy stole a tank in San Diego County and was stopped only because he got stuck on a highway divider.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • But it’s not just a matter of being a continuer or a divider.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022

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