All 50 Uses of
diverge
in
Divergent
- Divergent.†
Chpt 3
- Divergence is extremely dangerous.†
Chpt 3
- ...and my mother warned me about, the danger of being Divergent.
Chpt 3 *divergent = differenteditor's notes: In this novel, Divergent is capitalized and refers to "people who are different because they don't fit neatly into any of the five groups of people into which the population is divided." Outside the novel, divergent is not capitalized and means "different". It is more commonly encountered as the verb diverge--meaning "to move apart or become different."
- When Tori warned me that being Divergent was dangerous, I felt like it was branded on my face, and if I so much as turned the wrong way, someone would see it.†
Chpt 8
- THAT NIGHT I dream that Christina hangs from the railing again, by her toes this time, and someone shouts that only someone who is Divergent can help her.†
Chpt 10
- Maybe if I could have told them I was Divergent, and I was confused about what to choose, they would have understood.†
Chpt 10
- Maybe they would have helped me figure out what Divergent is, and what it means, and why it's dangerous.†
Chpt 10
- I dreamt that Peter tied me to a chair and asked me if I was Divergent.†
Chpt 11
- I feel like the word "DIVERGENT" is branded on my forehead, and if he looks at me long enough, he'll be able to read it.†
Chpt 13
- Divergent is a dangerous thing to be.†
Chpt 15
- Every time I think the word "Divergent," I hear Tori's warning—and now my mother's warning too.†
Chpt 16
- Does it have something to do with me being Divergent, with me being in danger, or is it something else?†
Chpt 16
- You're Divergent," he replies.†
Chpt 20
- I lean back, pressing my shoulders to the wall, and say, "What's Divergent?†
Chpt 20
- You manipulated the simulation; you're Divergent.†
Chpt 20
- I didn't know that was an act of Divergence.†
Chpt 20
- I should not say the word "Divergent" here.†
Chpt 20
- Is he Divergent?†
Chpt 20
- Are you Divergent?†
Chpt 21
- Is it being Divergent that makes me steady, or is it something else?†
Chpt 21
- The simulations, however, reveal who the Divergent rebels are, if there are any, so we will have to examine the footage several times to be sure.†
Chpt 21
- The word "Divergent" makes me go cold.†
Chpt 21
- That means that everyone will be like Divergent in the fear landscape.†
Chpt 23
- Maybe I am wired like the Divergent.†
Chpt 24
- Excitement runs through me like the blood in my veins, propelled by the hope that he might confirm that he is Divergent, that he is like me, that we can figure out what it means together.†
Chpt 25
- I have to know if he's Divergent.†
Chpt 26
- This is the perfect place for him to tell me that he is Divergent, if indeed that's what he is.†
Chpt 26
- But—I had assumed that if he was not Divergent, he must have gotten a Dauntless result.†
Chpt 26
- I heard her mention Divergents.†
Chpt 28
- She is the danger Tori and my mother warned me about, the danger of being Divergent.†
Chpt 28
- Just like the Dauntless leaders, she is sniffing around for the Divergent.†
Chpt 28
- For the first time, I recognize Eric for what he is: an Erudite disguised as a Dauntless, a genius as well as a sadist, a hunter of the Divergent.†
Chpt 28
- Being Divergent.†
Chpt 28
- Divergent or not, this faction is where I belong.†
Chpt 32
- I must be awake because I am Divergent.†
Chpt 33
- Is he not Divergent?†
Chpt 33
- "Divergent rebels," Eric says, standing on one foot.†
Chpt 33
- "Divergent rebels," one of the Dauntless says.†
Chpt 34
- That your Divergence is weaker.†
Chpt 34
- You see, it perplexed me that the Divergent were immune to the serum that I developed, so I have been working to remedy that.†
Chpt 34
- She and the Dauntless leaders had no problem killing the Divergent in the past.†
Chpt 34
- Why are most of the Divergent weak-willed, God-fearing nobodies from Abnegation, of all factions?†
Chpt 34
- I didn't know that most of the Divergent came from Abnegation, and I don't know why that would be.†
Chpt 34
- "What I was going to say," she says, "is that soon, dozens of the Abnegation and their young children will be my responsibility to keep in order, and it does not bode well for me that a large number of them may be Divergent like yourselves, incapable of being controlled by the simulations."†
Chpt 34
- Divergence is just another problem for her to solve, and that is what makes her so terrifying—because she is smart enough to solve anything, even the problem of our existence.†
Chpt 34
- Mom, how do you know about Divergence?†
Chpt 35
- I am Divergent.†
Chpt 35
- Divergent.†
Chpt 36
- He must be Divergent.†
Chpt 37
- He is Divergent.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(diverge) to move apart; or be or become different(editor's note: In this book, you will see divergent used many times to describe people who are hard to categorize.)