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
  • Filmed in the mockumentary format, the cringe comedy follows workers at a paper company led by buffoonish boss David Brent (Gervais), whose self-awareness is worlds apart from how his employees perceive him.
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • 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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