Example sentences for: debated

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

  • A sampling of some of the language topics considered and debated included:

  • This doesn’t mean that Amsterdam is utopia — it is a city of 21st-century pressures, particularly with continuing problems of traffic and litter — but it does mean that the problems are faced realistically, debated passionately by the whole community, and agreed solutions are put into action.

  • Pundits debated whether his platform would: 1) differentiate him from Bush; or 2) alienate him from the Republican establishment.

  • 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.

  • Minneapolis and FBI headquarters debated whether Moussaoui should be arrested immediately or surveilled to obtain additional information.


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