the way/ways of the world

noun phrase

: how things happen or how people behave

Success comes easier for some people. That's just the way of the world.

Because he was young and inexperienced in the ways of the world, people were able to take advantage of him.

Examples of the way/ways of the world in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If your $10 lunch becomes $10.20 over the course of a year, well, that’s just the way of the world. —

Allison Morrow, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024 Mirren's character Cara, an Irish immigrant, is similarly wise to the ways of the world. —

Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Nov. 2022 Feudalism had been the way of the world for hundreds of years, so who could really believe that free markets and capital would take over? —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune Europe, 11 Feb. 2024 But there’s a long way to go before skills-first is the way of the world. —

Jane Thier, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the way/ways of the world

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