How to Use split personality in a Sentence

split personality

noun
  • The train station closest to my house has a split personality.
    — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
  • The actress has maintained something of a split personality throughout her career.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The former follows a man with a distinctively split personality, while the latter is about two sets of twins trying to find their other halves.
    — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024
  • As an expert on matters of the brain, the renowned neurosurgeon should have known better than to fall into the grips of a deviant with a split personality.
    — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Another way to look at the economy’s split personality is by income level.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
  • With some impressive acting skills, Shazad Latif brings his split personality to the fore.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 15 Jan. 2018
  • For the last several weeks, Alexei Navalny has been a man living with a split personality.
    — Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2013
  • That split personality cast its shadow over the one-hour-and-31-minute presentation.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2018
  • By this point Lufton has identified within himself a starkly split personality.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • That flamboyant fuchsia shows up again in the generous foyer, a room that hints at both what Lobell calls her split personality and what lies beyond.
    — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 4 Oct. 2010
  • The tunic is called the Split Decision Tunic, like a split personality.
    — Christina Stiehl, SELF, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Seven Beef suffered from a split personality, but Central Smoke feels more focused and assured.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Merrill had a darker side — a Jekyll and Hyde-like split personality — that frequently showed itself on social media.
    — al, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Guacamole, with its feisty split personality of creamy smoothness and chunky flavor, reigns alongside salsa as royal condiments in San Diego.
    — Laurie Delk, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 11 Sep. 2017
  • None of the family members seem to be aware that something is amiss except for Pat, who can see a woman, Rosemary, who may be a demon, a split personality or a muse.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Talk about a split personality; the first part of today will be fantastic with plenty of sunshine and temperatures quickly soaring to the mid-70s.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The problem is the Republican Caucus has a split personality.
    — ABC News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Private equity’s labor market is showing a split personality, with aggressive hiring and layoffs taking place at once, say people who work with buyout firms on staffing.
    — Chris Cumming, WSJ, 16 June 2023
  • Once again, the protests showed something of a split personality, with some participants vowing to be peaceful, while a few feet away, others prepared gasoline bombs to hurl at the Israeli side.
    — David M. Halbfinger, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The restaurant has a bit of a split personality, with a large, shaded balcony that makes sneakers and shorts feel welcome and an interior dining space that feels elegant enough for an anniversary dinner.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • For riders looking for something more substantial than a Sportster, but eschewing a big touring bike, the Sport Glide has a split personality.
    — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2017
  • At the heart of the design is a material called vanadium dioxide (VO₂), a rather strange compound famous for its split personality.
    — New Atlas, 25 May 2026
  • The noise adds to the drama, as much psychological as physical, in a way no other road car can match, making for a dangerously charismatic split personality worth every one of its seven figures.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The noise adds to the drama, as much psychological as physical, in a way no other road car can match, making for a dangerously charismatic split personality worth every one of its seven figures.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Since the beginning, Studio KO’s work has exhibited a kind of split personality, says Marty.
    — Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
  • The noise adds to the drama, as much psychological as physical, in a way no other road car can match, making for a dangerously charismatic split personality worth every one of its seven figures.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Where Google’s business model revolves around collecting the world’s digital assets, Amazon has more of a split personality, one that has led to some odd relationships.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
  • Still, that glass vase and the organically twiggy Japanese magnolia that fill it—both rigid and expressive—have to work overtime to mediate between the split personalities of this room.
    — Catherine Romano, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • As on the previous two Fridays, the protests showed something of a split personality, with some participants vowing to be peaceful as others a few feet away prepared gasoline bombs to hurl at the Israeli side.
    — David M. Halbfinger and Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • In the film, McAvoy plays a man with split personality disorder - hence the very clever title - who has 24 different personas all striving to dominate his consciousness.
    — SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019

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