How to Use sectarian in a Sentence

sectarian

adjective
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  • The country was split along sectarian lines.
  • The greatest threat to this film comes not from the stink of sectarian conflict but from the aroma of sweetness.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2021
  • While the movie shows glimpses of the violent sectarian upheaval of that time, there’s plenty of joy to spare as young Hill comes of age.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The firefight raised the specter of a return to sectarian violence in a country already struggling through one of the world's worst economic crises of the past 150 years.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Just a week ago, eight people were killed and since January, more than 40 people have died in sectarian killings.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The Good Friday agreement, which helped end decades of sectarian violence, was reached in 1998.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • But Pakistan was left to pick up the pieces — millions of refugees and new sectarian militant groups — when the Soviets and the Americans left in 1989.
    — Mallika Sen, ajc, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The area was still subject to the sectarian social divisions across Northern Ireland, but, by the late nineties, was spared much of the violence.
    — Jane Ferguson, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • Bad for Britain, bad for Europe. ended 30 years of sectarian strife At the end of the day our (English) government lied to us all and the repercussions are still coming.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Add to all of that leaders who stoke the conflict, and disagreements over the simplest things can become almost sectarian.
    — New York Times, 26 Dec. 2021
  • But most display the looming faces of politicians from decades-old sectarian parties.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • Fighting along ethnic and sectarian lines has plagued CAR since 2013.
    — Hannah Ritchie, CNN, 5 May 2022
  • The clashes signaled the start of what became known as the Troubles, three decades of tangled sectarian strife that drew Britain’s army into the territory.
    — Alan Cowell, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • While some in Lebanon voted last week to break with the past, most still voted for sectarian parties, an indication of fear and fatigue.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2022
  • It’s ground zero for the August Riots, which would set the stage for the sectarian violence that would become synonymous with Belfast for decades.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2021
  • It’s written in the Good Friday Agreement — the 1998 peace deal that largely ended three decades of bloody sectarian violence.
    — Dara Doyle, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In 1969, Britain deployed armed forces in Northern Ireland to try to tamp down sectarian violence.
    — Alan Cowell, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The agreement ended decades of sectarian strife by, among other things, creating an open border on the island.
    — New York Times, 7 May 2022
  • The Babri Mosque, which once stood on the site, was destroyed in 1992 by Hindu activists, unleashing waves of sectarian violence that left thousands dead.
    — Hari Kumar Atul Loke, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Johnston's father, David, and a colleague were shot at point-blank range in the back of the head late one morning in 1997, a year before the Good Friday Agreement that largely brought an end to the sectarian violence.
    — Kitty Donaldson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
  • The chaos raised the specter of a return to sectarian violence in a country already embroiled in multiple crises, including one of the world’s worst economic crises of the past 150 years.
    — Time, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Eight of the council’s 10 members are chosen by sectarian leaders via the cabinet.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The site played a major part in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement, which ended years of sectarian violence.
    — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • And while the 1998 agreement largely ended sectarian violence, there are new reminders about the peace's fragility.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case about whether parents may use state education money to pay for sectarian schools.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The restoration project launched last month is the first of its kind in hardscrabble Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city more often known in recent years for sectarian and other violence.
    — Aj Naddaff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2022
  • But a record low turnout suggested that a vote billed as a chance to wrest control from the ruling elite would do little to dislodge sectarian religious parties in power since 2003.
    — Reuters, CNN, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The standoff touches on sectarian fault lines that crisscross streets, neighborhoods and the government.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The visit marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended 30 years of violent sectarian conflict.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 12 Apr. 2023
  • It was adopted by the millions of people whose lives were reshaped or destroyed by the traumas of this sectarian reconfiguration, as well as by the ruling British who signed off on the project.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2023

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