Throughout the South a severely divided racial caste system was predicated upon avoiding interracial relationships.

Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided.

Given the rudimentary understanding of electricity itself during this period, it is not surprising that scientific opinion about the way it might or might not affect plants was severely divided, if not fragmented.

The destroyers were divided into three attack sections and severely mauled the attacking Japanese.

Italy's population remained severely divided between wealthy elites and impoverished workers especially in the south.

Frank Sanchis, executive director of the Municipal Art Society, said that the organization's board is "severely divided in its opinion" even though it is lobbying for a public hearing.

The country is severely divided and will not likely survive long as presently constructed.

The Left was severely divided in this election.

He said some primates have heard "a very biased opinion" about the Episcopal Church, a picture, which he said was false, of "a church in chaos, severely divided."

The Long Tooth pack becomes severely divided, blaming each other for these attacks, and a war seems inevitable.