How to Use World Cup in a Sentence

World Cup

noun

• Neville said the pair first met in Doha at the 2022 World Cup.
  — David Hellier, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024
• The United States exited the World Cup in the round of 16.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• Their boat finished fourth in a World Cup in June in Poland.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
• No doubt the World Cup that year helped elevate the trend.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• All three played on the American team which won the World Cup in Australia in 2022.
  — CBS News, 8 June 2024
• At least one other World Cup city dealt with a mass shooting on the same day.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• The decree was issued on the day that Italy won an important match in the World Cup.
  — Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• Yes, the Cornhuskers’ volleyball match had even more fans in the stands than the Women’s World Cup.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
• And Kansas City will be on the international stage as a host of the 2026 World Cup.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Charles met with sports stars at the dinner but won’t be attending the Rugby World Cup while in France.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The big arc was the red card [during the 1998 World Cup] and how horribly he and his wife were treated in the aftermath.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
• Israel qualified in June of last year for its first Under-20 World Cup.
  — Graham Dunbar, ajc, 30 Mar. 2023
• The Women’s World Cup last summer showed just how much women’s soccer around the world has grown.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
• The nation is riding high on the glory of Messi and last year's victory in the World Cup, its first since 1986.
  — David Unsworth, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
• In the film, set during the World Cup final, a group of torturers kidnaps a group of young people.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 May 2024
• Messi, in his fifth World Cup, steadied his nation’s nerves.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• England went on to lose that match on penalties and crashed out of the World Cup, unleashing a tidal wave of abuse towards Beckham.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• At the time, the country was gearing up to host the Rugby World Cup, adding pressure on the French transport authority to do away with the pests swiftly.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
• But back home, merely the hint of success, Juncos said, can send sports fans into a craze akin to the mania seen during last year’s title-run in the men’s World Cup.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
• To persuade some of the rebels to return for the World Cup, the federation had made some accommodations.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Speaking to reporters before the World Cup began last month, Azam spoke of his excitement at being in the country.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• Instead, they're now left with difficult decisions that will need to be made in the two-year buildup to just the second World Cup ever held stateside.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
• Israel hasn’t qualified for the sport’s World Cup competition in more than 50 years.
  — Tim Loh, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
• The last international championship title for the England team was the World Cup in 1966.
  — Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 July 2024
• There are nine World Cup veterans but also four women who have yet to play in a professional game.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• The year-ago period also included lower costs for leagues paused because of the soccer World Cup.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
• The Americans made the earliest exit ever at the most recent World Cup, a deflator of the highest order.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Brazil recently suffered back-to-back World Cup qualifier set-backs for the first time in its history, before going on to lose a third in a row.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 20 June 2024
• But first there are those pesky, defiant whispers, the ones that began even before last summer’s World Cup debacle.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• Berhalter and Reyna recently spoke for the first time since last fall’s World Cup, where Reyna’s poor attitude and lack of effort in training nearly led to his removal from the team.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024