How to Use widespread in a Sentence

widespread

adjective

• There was widespread opposition to the plan.
• There is widespread public interest in the election.
• Trade partners had become more widespread.
• Her death sparked widespread protests across the country.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
• The best time frame for widespread rain next week looks to be Tuesday through Thursday.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
• When the show first aired, none of the voice actors or creators knew how widespread the fanbase was.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• The widespread interest in these drugs has led to shortages.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• In the aftermath of an Aug. 20 storm that caused widespread flooding and forced the closure of the park, the shallow lake stretched as long as four miles.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• In response to widespread criticism, the army has said detainees are stripped to check them for weapons.
  — Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• The decline in infections is attributed to more widespread use of the vaccine.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• Gains were widespread across ages, races and education levels, the Fed said.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
• The changes come as Biden faces widespread criticism from Arab Americans and others over his handling of the war in Gaza.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• Louder, more widespread calls for donations can be heard around the country.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2023
• Waring is one of many locals grappling with widespread loss.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• For Cheney, who is not Middle Eastern, to have gotten caught in the waves of hate and support shows how widespread the impact of the war is across the country.
  — Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Illnesses like bird flu are hard for humans to catch and are not generally widespread in the U.S.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• Ophelia continues to bring widespread heavy rain and gusty winds to a large swath of the East Coast on Saturday afternoon.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2023
• Xylazine is a widespread problem and has been found in fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 states, according to a DEA public health alert.
  — Candy Woodall, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• The new crash — the latest in a series of accidents involving the Osprey around the world — has triggered widespread anger and alarm in Japan, a vital U.S. ally.
  — Lucy Craft, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2023
• Last year’s widespread skepticism proved to be misplaced.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
• Storm totals between 1 and 2 inches should be widespread.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• There was also no severe weather or widespread winter impacts, and less than an inch of snow was observed.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
• The law’s enactment three months ago drew widespread condemnation and threats of sanctions.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The town of Lahaina on the island of Maui suffered widespread damage, and historical landmarks across the island were damaged.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Thursday was the final day of widespread record highs in the Washington-Baltimore region, and the late-season heat wave solidified its place in the record books.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Though grass has been around since the late Cretaceous period, it’s only been widespread for about twenty-five million years.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• News of the election delay, which came as official campaigning for the February 25 vote was due to start, sparked widespread anger in the country with angry youths burning tires in the streets in protest.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
• The findings are alarming for this part of Yemen, already wracked by war, widespread poverty and suffocating summers.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• Its payments platform Square was hit by widespread outages Thursday and Friday.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2023
• So when disinformation runs rampant on the platform, the impact can be widespread.
  — Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024