Synonym: argument, dispute, quarrel. Similar words: controversial, control, out of control, control group, under control, beyond control, on the contrary, oversee. Meaning: ['kɒntrəvɜːsɪ] 
n. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
n. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. 
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31. All the arguments and counter-arguments serve to emphasize the controversy surrounding this disease.
32. Controversy arose over the use of the chemicals on fruit and vegetables.
33. Far from getting into a flap over the controversy, the government has used the media attention to its advantage.
34. He was a showman, an extrovert who revelled in controversy.
35. There has been a lot of controversy over the use of these drugs.
36. He says there is "not a scintilla of evidence" to link him to any controversy.
37. Controversy is raging over the route of the new motorway.
38. The government is taking care not to rush headlong into another controversy.
39. The policy has caused fierce/heated controversy ever since it was introduced.
40. The British media have created a fierce controversy over Oxford's admission procedures and elitism in general.
41. The director is just using the controversy to hype his movie.
42. Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary.
43. This controversy was expected to figure importantly in their discussion.
44. The controversy reached such a pitch that the paper devoted a whole page to it.
45. The decision had been agreed in principle before today's meeting, but some controversy surrounded it.
46. The controversy surrounding the take-over yesterday continued to reverberate around the television industry.
47. The singer deliberately courts controversy with his racist and sexist lyrics.
48. A bitter controversy about the siting of the airport is rumbling in the designing institute.
49. The prime minister seemed anxious to avoid controversy about these appointments.
50. The minister has resigned amid continuing controversy over his education proposals.
51. Overhanging the controversy is the question of how much the government knew about the arms deal.
52. The network ran into controversy over claims of faked documentary footage.
53. The MP, who is no stranger to controversy herself, said the scandal could have serious repercussions.
54. The mayor and the city council are anxious to avoid getting entangled in the controversy.
55. The newly published review on the book has evoked much controversy.
56. What they are doing is bound to stir up controversy.http://sentencedict.com
57. The controversy centred on the issue of compensation for the victims.
58. Whenever there arises a controversy, he tries to keep his feet clean of it.
59. We may not have seen the last of this controversy.
60. There was much controversy during the passage of the bill.
More similar words: controversial, control, out of control, control group, under control, beyond control, on the contrary, oversee, contract, contrast, contribute, contributor, contractor, by contrast, contrast to, contribution, contribute to, contretemps, conversion, to the contrary, conversation, over and over, economic recovery, approve, improved, approve of, introduce, introspect, introduction, ever so.