How to Use the world in a Sentence

the world

noun
  • And now the world must act again.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • All the luck in the world with that.
    — Greg Cote updated March 27, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • This could send shock waves around the world.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • How was the world 100 years ago?
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
  • What a team to export to the world.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 June 2026
  • There's a lot going on in the world.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • That's the best market in the world.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The best scene partner and dad in the world.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes the world is just too busy and loud!
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Four horsemen, on top of the world.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
  • That’s when the world of the story widened.
    — David Soren, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix has the film for most of the world.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Works by 14 artists from around the world are on view.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Thank you all for being the best fans in the world.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Africa is ready for business with the rest of the world.
    — Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Can Rhaenyra muster the courage to be queen to save the world?
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • The premise is an emissions-free city that can sail around the world.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 24 June 2024
  • Forty-one dates are booked around much of the world through late June.
    — Jon Wiederhorn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But in a way, they were finally opened to the world.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • People have had enough of the problems around the world.
    — Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That’s one of the great cruelties of the world.
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • One way to do this is by connecting with the world around you.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 15 Oct. 2024
  • But for now, the world is likely safe from mirror cells.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And to all the healthcare workers in the world, thank you.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The last quality may be the rarest in the world at present.
    — Colin Fleming, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The press and the world were at her feet and at her whim, and her whim was a whim of iron.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Thank you for uniting our city again…for uniting the world.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
  • That carries a fifth of the world’s oil supply.
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
  • No other league or country in the world is even close to that.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026

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