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
• 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
• This is the problem that's a microcosm of the problem writ large in law.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Dec. 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
• 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
• 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
• The back-and-forth is a mere microcosm of the culture wars ripping our country apart.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• That in some ways, the story of the effort to create a self-driving car is a microcosm.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022
• For Caverly, the episode is a microcosm of the struggles some Deaf people face.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• That rollercoaster of a scene is a microcosm of the show itself.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Sep. 2022
• In a sense, the city serves as a microcosm of a larger-scale public health crisis.
  — Maytal Eyal, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021
• The playground served as a microcosm of how society saw the sport, and who had access to it.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 17 July 2023
• The city of Palo Alto, Calif. is a microcosm of many of the issues involved.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2022
• The play was a microcosm of the night for Kentucky, which saw its four-game winning streak snapped in a 77-68 loss at Rupp Arena.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Jan. 2023
• The race could be a microcosm for broader 2024 election trends.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• Demographics likely play a role here: The city is in some ways a microcosm of the United States.
  — Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024