Example sentences for: debated

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

  • Several population studies have documented a link between diabetes and senile cataract formation in persons aged 65 years and younger [ 21 22 23 24 25 26 ] . Conversely, a number of studies have shown little association of nuclear cataracts with diabetes [ 27 28 29 ] . Though this relationship continues to be debated, as are the underlying physiological mechanisms, premature opacification may occur due to an increased susceptibility to oxidative damage.

  • The media debated whether Bush's drug history should be probed.

  • The paper reports the surreal detail that while the House debated Clinton's impeachment, White House strategists were holding a two-hour meeting to plan Clinton's State of the Union speech next month.

  • When the issue of a Puerto Rican statehood referendum was debated in Congress a couple of years ago, someone wrote to the Washington Post warning that statehood for Puerto Rico would mean creating "our very own Quebec" unless the Commonwealth adopted an official English policy.

  • La Boqueria is also a startlingly vibrant community, where shoppers and merchants greet each other by name, ribald sallies across the aisles set off gales of laughter, and the freshness of the rape (an angler fish popular in Catalonia) is debated with the passion of a traffic mishap.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast