riven

Example Sentences

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Long before Nancy's arrival, the club was riven with disharmony.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Spending cuts are even more difficult than in Britain—where welfare cuts have proved to be a political nonstarter—and securing a budget at all in a deeply riven French Parliament is a challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Small towns were riven between people calling themselves Patriots and British Loyalists.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

While some areas and some periods of time may have enjoyed peace and tranquillity, others were riven by ferocious conflicts.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari