How to Use the world in a Sentence

the world

noun
  • Since then, the method has caught fire across the world.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The premise is an emissions-free city that can sail around the world.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 24 June 2024
  • Matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend.
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Venezuela is one of the countries in the world with the most refugees in other countries.
    E.r. Pulgar, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The lineup, so far, features 149 artists from around the world.
    Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • There are millions of entrepreneurs in the world right now.
    Somdutta Singh, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • One way to do this is by connecting with the world around you.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 15 Oct. 2024
  • You might be markedly puzzled as to what in the world this has to do with AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Today is a win for women all over the world, not just me.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Rihanna feels like the only girl in the world who’s not at the 2024 Met Gala.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 May 2024
  • Both Nicky and Tessa brought two boys into the world in 2022.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
  • And the world said goodbye to actress and model Raquel Welch, who died at the age of 82.
    Camille C. Knox, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Our hearts go out to Jon’s family and fans around the world who loved him.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • The hostage crisis has roiled Israel and stunned people around the world.
    Richard Engel, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • And everybody in this gym has all the confidence in the world in him.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But the point at which the world first steps over the 1.5 degree threshold could be much sooner.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Achieve Tahoe has one of a handful of TetraSkis in the world, Gardiner says.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • For over two hundred years he has been known as the world’s greatest lover.
    Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Elsewhere around the world, the new changes will take place in January 2025.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In the 1950s, Milwaukee was the king of the beer world, with the world's largest brewery — Schlitz — and four of the largest breweries in the United States.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has brought a flood of fans and attendees to venues around the world.
    Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The film's soundtrack album sold 32 million copies around the world.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Scientists have found the world’s largest deep-sea coral reef off the eastern coast of the United States.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Jan. 2024
  • For the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, there is also anger at being ignored by the world.
    Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The list of the world’s happiest countries no longer includes any of the world’s largest countries.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Those signals are logged by receivers all over the world’s oceans to track a shark’s long-term movements.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Prime Video said Wednesday that the new movie was its top film around the world over its debut weekend.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The pair married the following year in Hawaii and now travel the world with their three children.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
  • A lot of people don’t have a window into the world that was Ohio in the era of LeBron James as a high schooler.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Welcome to Taste Test, where every week our critic Jonah Flicker explores the most buzzworthy and interesting whiskeys in the world.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024

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