WORLD in a Sentence

Learn WORLD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

416 example sentences for WORLD, such as:

1. The world's law was no law for her mind.
2. Life is a test and this world a place of trial.
3. The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.
4. His trip through the world made an interesting narrative.
5. I have the highest opinion in the world of Edward's heart.

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 Meanings and Examples of WORLD
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world
 n.  the earth and all the people, places, and things on it
 n.  a group of things such as countries or animals, or an area of human activity
Classic Sentence: (206 in 14 pages)
1  You have hope, and the world before you, and have no cause for despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  "Your place looks like the world's fair," I said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
5  What had been the study and desire of the wisest men since the creation of the world was now within my grasp.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  Let, therefore, thy husband be to the world as one already dead, and of whom no tidings shall ever come.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
7  He, going home to a better world, I, likewise, was on my way homeward, when this light shone out.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
8  The world's law was no law for her mind.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
9  Yet, had little Pearl never come to her from the spiritual world, it might have been far otherwise.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
10  "Yes, to another world," replied the minister with pious resignation.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
11  They wanted him to make a fine figure in the world in some manner or other.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
12  I have the highest opinion in the world of Edward's heart.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
13  Mama, the more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
14  It would be a compact of convenience, and the world would be satisfied.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
15  He has seen a great deal of the world; has been abroad, has read, and has a thinking mind.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France.
17  Liaison between police forces and the art world is vital to combat art crime.
18  The Art Gallery of Ontario has the world's largest collection of sculptures by Henry Moore.
19  The most frightening assumption in this world is that most people assume you are intelligent.
20  The visit helped to focus world attention on the plight of the refugees.
21  According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.
22  The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
23  He has never before featured in the top ten world rankings.
24  The whole world was convulsed over the passing away of the great man.
25  His contention was that world trade barriers should be canceled.
26  There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade.
27  Life is a test and this world a place of trial.
28  His trip through the world made an interesting narrative.
29  Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
30  If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.