Example sentences for: controversial

How can you use “controversial” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Surely he's controversial enough to need that Secret Service battlewagon we now see behind the limo?

  • Possible risks and benefits of STIs remain controversial, but data from this and other published trials do not support short-term clinical benefits of treatment interruptions.

  • Although there is evidence for a role of most of these processes in iridocorneal angle development and intertrabecular space opening (see [ 17]), the role of cell death or atrophy is controversial.

  • An article accuses the Smithsonian of sacrificing intellectual integrity to appease critics: Curators tone down controversial exhibits when they offend Congress or industry groups.

  • The precise biological role of SLS in streptococcal infections remains controversial [ 7 ] . The original analysis of the sagA gene demonstrated that inactivation of the gene encoding the polypeptide component of SLS rendered the organism less virulent in a dermonecrotic mouse model [ 3 ] . In a related series of studies, Li et al also isolated a mutant that not only lacked SLS activity but also affected other phenotypes [ 4 ] . The additional phenotypes included surface M and M-related protein as well as the secreted cysteine protease, streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B, SpeB [ 4 ] . The disrupted gene was termed pel (pleotrophic effect locus).


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