How to Use worlds apart in a Sentence
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For many Israelis, the two buildings might as well be worlds apart.
— Dan Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023 -
But the neighboring countries are, in many ways, worlds apart.
— Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Their bodies are worlds apart, but their genes tell a different story.
— Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2010 -
This city-size playground looks and feels worlds apart, yet is just an affordable nonstop flight from Houston.
— Robin Soslow, Chron, 22 Feb. 2023 -
In some ways Montana’s new look was the inverse of Dior’s, with the width at top, narrowing at the bottom, with a waist emphasis—but their starting points were worlds apart.
— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Allie and Noah's wardrobes are worlds apart — because their characters come from different walks of life in their early years.
— Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024 -
My early relationship with the world of beauty was worlds apart to that of someone who identifies as a young Gen Z or Gen Alpha.
— Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 10 Mar. 2024 -
Moreover, with her high-low mix of ball gown skirts and denim shirts, Lyons’ style is worlds apart from the glamorous, label-flashing fashion often seen on The Real Housewives.
— Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 16 July 2023 -
Would an inveterate adulterer, careful to keep his worlds apart, let his mistress have free rein in his other life?
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024 -
But dropping in as an episodic director vs. actually creating a show of your own was worlds apart.
— Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 June 2023 -
The film revolves around Azra, a Pakistani woman living in Toronto who is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother.
— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024 -
Israelis and Palestinians live worlds apart, separated often by a single road — or roadblocks.
— Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024 -
However, learning something new and relearning something are worlds apart.
— Jedidiah Alex Koh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 -
McDermott is accused of not being filtered, earning him comparisons to former President Donald Trump, despite being worlds apart on most issues.
— The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2022 -
Much can be learned from two countries worlds apart facing diametrically opposite realities: China and Nigeria.
— National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2023
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