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CONTROVERSIAL in a Sentence · 1 The government brought in a controversial law under which it could take any land it wanted. · 2 The school's controversial methods ... Togglenavigation ExamWord Home K12Language Help Privacy Support SignOn CONTROVERSIALinaSentence LearnCONTROVERSIALfromexamplesentences,someofthemarefromclassicbooks.Theappcollects40,000wordsand300,000sentences.Inputyourword,yougetnotonlyitsmeaningandexample,butalsosomesentences'contextsinclassicliterature. CopyPageLinkShareByEmailFreeOnlineVocabularyTestK12,SAT,GRE,IELTS,TOEFL WordinSentence  Inputyourword: SearchSentence Wanttosearchawordinclassicworks? SearchClassicQuotes  MeaningsandExamplesofCONTROVERSIAL Definition ExampleSentence ClassicSentence Definitions:  SearchGoogleSearchM.Webstercontroversial a. givingriseorlikelytogiverisetopublicdisagreement;disputableClassicSentence:1 IassureyouIhavenodesiretobecontroversial.HardTimesByCharlesDickensGetContext InBOOK3:CHAPTERIII2 IhavespokenaboveoftheeffectsproducedinRomebythecontroversiesbetweenthecommonsandthesenate.DiscoursesontheFirstDecadeofTitusLiviusByNiccoloMachiavelliGetContext InBOOK1:CHAPTERVI.3 Wherefore,itseemstomeworthwhiletoconsiderwhetherthegovernmentofRomecouldeverhavebeenconstitutedinsuchawayastopreventlikecontroversies.DiscoursesontheFirstDecadeofTitusLiviusByNiccoloMachiavelliGetContext InBOOK1:CHAPTERVI.4 Sothatcontroversies,wranglings,disputes,andpositiveness,infalseordubiouspropositions,areevilsunknownamongtheHouyhnhnms.Gulliver'sTravels(V2)ByJonathanSwiftGetContext InPART4:CHAPTERVIII.5 Ihavehadcontroversiesaboutitwithexperiencedwhalemenafloat,andlearnednaturalistsashore.MobyDickByHermanMelvilleGetContext InCHAPTER68.TheBlanket.6 Butofalltheircontroversies,nonewassobitterastheonethattookplaceoverthewindmill.AnimalFarmByGeorgeOrwellGetContext InChapterV7 Aftermuchcontroversyandwrangling,thesefactionswouldpresentlyproceedtobloodshed,topullingdownhouses,plunderingproperty,andalltheotherviolentcoursesusualindividedcities.DiscoursesontheFirstDecadeofTitusLiviusByNiccoloMachiavelliGetContext InBOOK3:CHAPTERXXVII.8 procreationandmutualsupportandassistancewhilsttheyaretogether;butonlydecidesanycontroversythatmayarisebetweenmanandwifeaboutthem.SecondTreatiseofGovernmentByJohnLockeGetContext InCHAPTERVII9 Itispitiablethatfranticeffortsmustbemadeatcriticaltimestogetlaw-makersinsomeStateseventolistentotherespectfulpresentationoftheblackman'ssideofacurrentcontroversy.TheSoulsofBlackFolkByW.E.B.DuBoisGetContext InIX10 Manyhundredlargevolumeshavebeenpublisheduponthiscontroversy:butthebooksoftheBig-endianshavebeenlongforbidden,andthewholepartyrenderedincapablebylawofholdingemployments.Gulliver'sTravels(V1)ByJonathanSwiftGetContext InPART1:CHAPTERIV.11 Maguaseemedalsocontenttorestthecontroversyaswellasallfurthercommunicationthere,forheresumedtheleaningattitudeagainsttherockfromwhich,inmomentaryenergy,hehadarisen.TheLastoftheMohicansByJamesFenimoreCooperGetContext InCHAPTER1012 Withthiscontroversy,andwiththemeanshehadadoptedtocounteractthisclericalpersecution,CedricfoundthemindofhisfriendAthelstanesofullyoccupied,thatithadnoroomforanotheridea.IvanhoeByWalterScottGetContext InCHAPTERXLIV13 Wearealsotoobservethatuponourcontinent,thisdistemperislikereligiouscontroversy,confinedtoaparticularspot.CandideByVoltaireGetContext InIVExampleSentence:(30in3pages)121 Thegovernmentbroughtinacontroversiallawunderwhichitcouldtakeanylanditwanted.2 Theschool'scontroversialmethodshavecomeunderexaminationbythelocalauthority.3 Thecandidatetriedtorunawayfromcontroversialissuesbypretendingtobeill.4 Herspeechsteeredclearofcontroversialissues.5 Asacontroversialpublicfigurehehasbreastedmuchhostilecriticism.6 Abortionisahighlycontroversialissue.7 Sincethecontroversialprogrammewasbroadcast,theBBC'smailbaghasbeenbulging.8 Theirsingle-mindedpursuitofthiscontroversialstrategyledtotheirfallfrompower.9 Thecommitteebacktrackedbyscrappingthecontroversialbonussystem.10 Milosevic,averycontroversialfigure,amanoftencalledthebutcheroftheBalkansbyhiscritics,wasfounddeadathiscellinaU.N.detentioncenter.11 InfactoneofthemaincriticismsofMr.Brownisthatthroughoutthelasttenyearshe'sbeenparticularlyadeptatavoidingassociationwithsomeofMr.Blair'smorecontroversialdecisions.12 Adecisiontoexcludeathirdofthecountriesonthatinitiallistwouldbecontroversial,asdebtcancellationisakeyelementtoalleviateglobalpoverty.13 Inothercontroversialnews,itseemsthattheGermansaregettingirritable,whichismostunlikethem.14 IntheSenate,everyproponentoftheuniversalhealthcaremeasurelobbiedtogainadditionalsupportforthecontroversiallegislation.15 AcontroversialneweditionofaJapanesehistorytextbookhasbeenchosenbyapublicschoolboardforuseinitsschools.  SponsoredLinks