How to Use divorce in a Sentence

divorce

1 of 2 noun
  • They went through a lengthy divorce.
  • Since getting a divorce, she has been raising her children alone.
  • Their marriage ended in divorce.
  • Financial problems are a leading cause of divorce.
  • And then my wife filed for divorce.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This was not the time for a divorce.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Does that mean the two will get a divorce?
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
  • His wife has since filed for divorce.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • His wife has since filed for divorce.
    — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • His wife has since filed for divorce.
    — ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Cabot has since filed for divorce.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Cabot has since filed for divorce.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Kim filed for divorce and changed the locks on her house.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • There are 2 peak divorce months.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
  • There aren’t hard and fast rules about what makes a good divorce ring.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The bank was not a party to your divorce.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • Rogers was in the middle of a divorce.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There was no-fault divorce in the late ’70s.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
  • Not even a messy divorce could tear them asunder.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The two also went on to divorce.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The divorce and drama put him down.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
  • There are a lot of divorce memoirs.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, there’s the fact that the divorce is costing him.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Shereé’s been going through a divorce for three years.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • After a divorce, both sides move on.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 June 2026
  • The divorce came about six months later.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Snow filed for divorce four months after.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Snow filed for divorce four months later.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Anybody who’s been through a divorce can tell you what that’s about.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And then, all of a sudden, divorce.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

divorce

2 of 2 verb
  • They both agreed it was best to divorce.
  • Their constitution divorces church and state.
  • After years of unhappiness, she decided to divorce him.
  • He got divorced five years ago.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Guy has been divorced from her for decades.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • He is divorced and his son was killed in the war.
    — Claire Harbage, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Hunt, a singer, has been divorced once.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Your boyfriend has been divorced from his ex for decades.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The best thing to do would be to divorce him and go on with her life.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The best thing to do would be to divorce him and go on with her life.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
  • We have been divorced for 15 years.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • We’ve been divorced for 40 years.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Well, that ends up not working out and we get divorced.
    — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • We both had been married and divorced once.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Nobody wants to get old, get divorced, or get bald.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That divorced working mom gig was a bear.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Rodriguez and his first wife have since divorced.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Marie is divorced and has no children.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 June 2026
  • The two were divorced after a year.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • She got married, gave birth to a son, then got divorced.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Within a year, we were divorced.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
  • She's not allowed to get divorced.
    — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Within three months they were divorced.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
  • My wife’s nephew is getting divorced.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • She was divorced and was the mother of two children.
    — Bea Hines, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Webb was twice divorced and had two children with his second wife.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Some have divorced their spouses.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • By then, Kelly had divorced his first wife.
    — Ilana Frost, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, your parents got divorced.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • Jamie’s mom divorced him and moved to Butte to live with her mother.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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