How to Use microcosm in a Sentence

microcosm

noun
  • The game was a microcosm of the entire season.
  • The village is a microcosm of the whole country.
  • Thought the game was a microcosm of that.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This is the microcosm of the macro-lie.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That’s kind of what the movie’s about, but in a microcosm.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This game was just a microcosm of the way the whole season has been.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2020
  • In some ways, that scene is a microcosm of our first season.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • That’s a microcosm of how crisp the Nuggets have been as a team.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The sneaker loafer trend is just a microcosm of that.
    — Kassondra Cloos, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The show is a microcosm of real life.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This is a microcosm of the larger point.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The failures in the red zone are a microcosm of a season in the slush.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2019
  • And, in its own way, the academy is a microcosm of that trend.
    — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • This is the problem that's a microcosm of the problem writ large in law.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • And Survivor is like a microcosm of the world.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What happens to the body of a king or queen is a microcosm for the health of the nation.
    — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2018
  • That is a microcosm of what Suns fans can expect from the first-year coach.
    — Atreya Verma, azcentral, 9 July 2018
  • The sixth inning was a microcosm of those struggles at their worst.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
  • The economies of scale are, of course, unique to the microcosm of exotic cars.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 22 July 2023
  • The school’s football players act as a microcosm for the town.
    — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Here is a rich, crisis-laden microcosm of the green and pleasant land.
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The back and forth is a microcosm of a battle that has played out over and over across the region.
    — Rob Copeland, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The Suns could be a microcosm of how the virus has impacted teams in the league.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Semien’s struggles are a microcosm of the club’s issues.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Thornhill, in some ways, is a microcosm of the Browns defense as a whole.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • That play was a microcosm for the impact Xavier's big men would have in the second half.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The league’s presence at Gillette is a microcosm of its growth around the nation.
    — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • That summation could serve as a microcosm of their season as well.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In some ways, Utah County can be looked at as a microcosm for the state as a whole.
    — Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Jacksonville is a huge place with a lot of different microcosms.
    — Becky Wern, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026

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