How to Use diverge in a Sentence

diverge

verb
  • A prism causes rays of light to diverge.
  • They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives diverged.
  • The paths of the two men would cross and diverge over years.
    — Susan Larson, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Some of their views have since aligned, some still diverge.
    — Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • And so are the criticisms of those who dare to diverge from it.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 1 Sep. 2021
  • At this point, the process for each console will diverge.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But the two parties still diverge sharply on the scope of the commission.
    — Andrew Solender, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Over the years, their paths diverge as Bruno remains faithful to the mountain while Pietro comes and goes from the city.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Over the years, their paths diverge as Bruno remains faithful to the mountain while Pietro comes and goes from the city.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The two small towns’ futures diverged, in many ways, starting in 1970.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 29 May 2024
  • All parties agree on the broad outlines of the story but diverge on key facts.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022
  • To some extent, the issues faced by these groups diverge.
    — Susan T. Mahler, STAT, 18 July 2021
  • Here’s where the two candidates align and diverge on the issues.
    — Julia Shapero, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The group still meets every month and can diverge from its plans if needed.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 19 July 2021
  • Team Alien and Team Volcano diverge on a number of points.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 18 July 2021
  • 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
  • Here’s where the Cowboys’ head coach and yours truly diverge.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2021
  • To be sure, Healey and Baker diverge in a variety of ways, too.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • That is unless the absence of Silas and Elton forces the group to diverge from their current course.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • 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 countries’ standards began to diverge in the 1960s, when the U.K. moved to a flat-pin plug and South Africa declined to follow.
    — Brian Browdie, Quartz Africa, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The teams diverge in strategies, with Kokoson coming up with a plan for which chef will be in charge of what.
    — oregonlive, 21 May 2021
  • Still, dogs and wolves split from each other some fifteen thousand years ago, and their genes have diverged over that time.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Sade and Mina used to be inseparable but their lives have diverged and their memories don’t match up.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025

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