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. Dare and the world always yields.
2. The world's law was no law for her mind.
3. The blue whale is the world's largest living animal.
4. The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.
5. All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of WORLD
world
 n.  all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
 n.  the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
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)
1  Martin Parry, author of the report, says it's time for concerted action by world leaders.
2  The richer countries of the world should take concerted action to help the poorer countries.
3  Travel and see the world; afterwards, you will be able to put your concerns in perspective.
4  Dare and the world always yields.
5  The agency plucked Naomi from obscurity and turned her into one of the world's top models.
6  The government is living in a dream world if they think voters will agree to higher taxes.
7  The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
8  All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
9  Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
10  The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone.
11  Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
12  I know someone in the world is waiting for me, although I've no idea of who he is.
13  In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
14  The blue whale is the world's largest living animal.
15  The World Cup was transmitted around the world by satellite.