How to Use faction in a Sentence

faction

noun
  • The committee soon split into factions.
  • There was a faction [that] stood up against them and tried to stop them on the march.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The ruling faction of the Franks at the time, the Merovingians, were known for their kings’ long hair.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 June 2022
  • The strangest part: These factions don’t have much in common.
    — Nicholas Pompella, National Review, 28 May 2023
  • The country split in 2014 between warring factions in the east and west.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The second faction is a group of parents that joined the PTA leadership in the spring.
    — Jeffrey S. Solochek, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The second point is that some of the rebel factions are quite disciplined.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • That served as proof that the Taliban — or at least one faction, the Haqqani clan — was harboring the group.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
  • This would be the first time the Transformers and Joes have crossed over on the big screen, but the two factions have already teamed up in the comics world.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • Behind the chaos are two rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Roman's new faction will need a fourth, and all signs point to Hikuleo filling that spot.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Rival factions of the Gulf drug cartel have been at war in streets of Matamoros for years.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Half of the two-parter's body count is wracked up in episode 8, which brought the anti-Eleven military faction to Dr. Owens' desert bunker.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 July 2022
  • Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Biggs is part of a far-right faction called the Freedom Caucus.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
  • His attorney asked what would have happened if he’d been caught in the middle of the two factions.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Drescher was first elected in 2021, and has worked to unify the warring factions within the union.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The latter faction fled and entrenched itself in the island of Taiwan.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • How did this Truss faction of the Party gain control and pursue this plan for big supply-side tax cuts in the first place?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The Reed faction won control of the party last August and installed Kelley as chair.
    — Alander Rocha, al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • McCarthy was ousted by a small faction of his own party after nine months on the job.
    — John Parkinson, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • There’s one faction of the legislature that will say that the increase for schools is long overdue.
    — Isabelle Ross, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Knesset slate will be held on Aug. 10, the faction announced on July 19.
    — Amir Ettinger, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2022
  • The news is not sitting well with a faction of the Democratic Party. — Sí quema cuh!
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But the comments from two factions firing at each other in the streets rang hollow for many Sudanese.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But a small faction of traders believe the Fed will raise rates more aggressively.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The explosion of the drama between the East Coast and the West Coast factions of hip-hop that would later lead to bloodshed happened that night.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • As the anti-Bukele protests began to wind down, a small pro-Bukele faction briefly made an appearance on Figueroa Street.
    — Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • The aerial clash turns so colossal, the fighters on both factions appear like minuscule specks in a flock of birds.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Conclave depicts the Catholic church at an inflection point, with warring political factions proving themselves vain, self-serving, and hypocritical in their pursuit of power.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025

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