How to Use widespread in a Sentence

widespread

adjective

• There was widespread opposition to the plan.
• There is widespread public interest in the election.
• Trade partners had become more widespread.
• Her death sparked widespread protests across the country.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
• When these hatches are widespread, the bass spread out as well.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
• The widespread use of acronyms seems to have taken off around the middle of the 20th century.
  — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
• The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
• The best time frame for widespread rain next week looks to be Tuesday through Thursday.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
• Apple has said the issue is not widespread and that the tech will improve over time.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
• One of the great advances in apple breeding in the past few decades has been the widespread use of dwarf rootstocks.
  — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
• The gains followed a widespread market slide on Monday, where the S&P dropped 3% and the Dow declined 2.6%.
  — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
• When the show first aired, none of the voice actors or creators knew how widespread the fanbase was.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• Well, but all – all the courts said that there was – there was no widespread fraud in the January 6th election.
  — ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
• The widespread interest in these drugs has led to shortages.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• In the aftermath of an Aug. 20 storm that caused widespread flooding and forced the closure of the park, the shallow lake stretched as long as four miles.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• The comments drew widespread criticism and calls for the GOP to condemn the statements.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 11 Oct. 2022
• In response to widespread criticism, the army has said detainees are stripped to check them for weapons.
  — Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• This is a plant native to the eastern USA that is one of the earliest widespread flowers of spring.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
• And evidence of widespread cheating could prompt a new round of street protests.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
• More than half a foot of rain drenched much of Puerto Rico and caused widespread flash flooding.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
• In some firms, the work-with-me guides are rare and rarely utilized, while at other times the endeavor is more widespread.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• The lack of effort has been so widespread, it’s turned into a collective punch line among my group of friends.
  — Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2025
• So [the awareness] is very widespread, but at the same time, meat consumption keeps going up.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 May 2024
• There is no evidence that widespread fraud occurred in the 2020 election or on a scale that would change the outcome.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• The decline in infections is attributed to more widespread use of the vaccine.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• Gains were widespread across ages, races and education levels, the Fed said.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
• The first was between May 30 and June 2, with widespread reports of looting, smashed windows and ransacked stores.
  — Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
• The changes come as Biden faces widespread criticism from Arab Americans and others over his handling of the war in Gaza.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• The judge, Biden appointee Amir Ali, said the federal government did not account for the widespread pain the suspension would inflict upon organizations and groups that need it.
  — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Feb. 2025
• Amid soaring prices and widespread shortages, a California farm is donating hundreds of thousands of fresh eggs to people affected by last month's devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles Area.
  — CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025