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.
• The scene was a microcosm of the 29-year-old’s rough week at the US Open.
  — Jayna Bardahl, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
• For him, the gym is like a microcosm of the world at large.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
• This game proved to be sort of a microcosm of the year.
  — Jim Derry | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• The Obamas’ portraits are a microcosm of the arc of Black art in the last 30 years.
  — Taylor Renee Aldridge, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2021
• In a way, the game was a microcosm of Saguaro’s season.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2022
• The economies of scale are, of course, unique to the microcosm of exotic cars.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 22 July 2023
• The Suns could be a microcosm of how the virus has impacted teams in the league.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2022
• The downturn of the city’s Union Square is a microcosm of that struggle.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
• Point guard Mike Conley serves as a nice microcosm of the strides the Jazz have made on that end of the court.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
• This is the problem that's a microcosm of the problem writ large in law.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• The fighting in Donetsk is a microcosm of the wider war.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• His struggles have been a microcosm of the bullpen's woes.
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
• 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
• The last drive was a microcosm of the game, the Chargers converting 14 of 19 third downs.
  — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2021
• The 67-year-old list has long been seen as a microcosm of U.S. business at large.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 June 2021
• And, in its own way, the academy is a microcosm of that trend.
  — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• The league’s presence at Gillette is a microcosm of its growth around the nation.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• The band itself was a kind of a microcosm of a greater South African / African landscape.
  — Outside Online, 26 June 2024
• 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
• In that sense, beetles are a microcosm of the tree of life, McKenna says.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
• However, the play by Finley was a microcosm of how the game would go for the Tigers.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2022
• Thornhill, in some ways, is a microcosm of the Browns defense as a whole.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• But in a way, the blackout — and the Dragons' response to it — was a microcosm of their 2022 season.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2022
• Meat, of course, is not the only culprit; but it’s a microcosm of the food tech debate.
  — Jan Dutkiewicz, Wired, 27 Nov. 2021
• Saturday’s loss to the Hawkeyes (7-4, 5-3) was a microcosm of the season’s woes.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
• In terms of the microcosm that was this series against a strong Mariners team, the loss was an outlier.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• Maryland football’s 44-7 loss at No. 3 Penn State on Saturday was a microcosm of the season.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024
• Mostly, these final minutes feel like a microcosm for the whole underwhelming film.
  — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Jan 2025