How to Use worldly in a Sentence

worldly

adjective

• She is more worldly than her younger sister.
• Now, rich, worldly men aren’t the ones fighting off the STD.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
• This was love: to submit to the absence of worldly desire, for the promise of life.
  — Muktita Suhartono Lauren Decicca, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• What’s the music business to make of this worldly panoply of owners?
  — Tim Ingham, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021
• The brand also takes influence from worldly events and the ebbs and flows of success and failure.
  — Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 23 May 2022
• In H-Town, worldly decadence meets Texas-sized portions with a dash of Southern charm at the table.
  — Rebecca Treon, Chron, 2 May 2022
• There’s nothing quite like a hot bath to relax your muscles and cleanse you of your worldly troubles—at least for an hour or so.
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 15 Dec. 2020
• But Dee is just one of the many other-worldly beings Naomi will encounter.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2021
• Expect to leave the rest of your worldly possessions on Earth, with a few exceptions.
  — Ben Guarino, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
• Abu Hassan had lost his worldly possessions and was living in a squalid camp.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Each chime is supposed to root out a worldly passion, such as anger, suspicion or lust.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 25 Oct. 2022
• On a worldly note, Dean Malloy said the waters played a central role in the institution’s rise.
  — William J. Broad George Etheredge, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• The two worldly protagonists have nothing to say, not to each other, not to others, not even to text or e-mail friends.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2022
• The commitment, the effort, the leadership and the often other-worldly level of play for the last four seasons.
  — Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2022
• His belongings were left on the street, a toolbelt and a backpack with all his worldly possessions.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• One wonders if Mann had been watching Terrence Malick films, with their tales of worldly Edens lost to the sins of war, conquest, and jealousy.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2021
• From the patterned floor tiles to the two-tone orange accent wall, this layout boasts an attractive worldly flair.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2022
• It’s just like this other worldly fantasy place with this tropical bird on a field of ice.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 7 Apr. 2022
• The band’s worldly ambitions paid off in the most spectacular way.
  — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2022
• Her father worked for Delta, fixing planes for the Atlanta institution that helped to make the city a worldly concern.
  — Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
• To work hard is not just a spiritual duty, but a worldly one: if the hard work results in great wealth—well, that too is a sign that one can be counted among the blessed.
  — Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
• Sabah may be known for their worldly leather shoes and slippers, but this new scent captures the wanderlust spirit of the brand perfectly.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 22 Nov. 2022
• Its appeal spans seasons that each offer unique, other-worldly enrichment that will stay with you the rest of your life.
  — Sunset Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
• For Keynes, hard work was not an end in itself, but a means to something more enjoyable: peace and relaxation, free from worldly cares.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2022
• In fact, Fleming was worldly to a degree and, if anything, overqualified to write spy novels.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
• Zeus, Greek mythology’s god of the sky, was thought to be omnipresent and observant of people’s worldly affairs.
  — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2022
• Whether used in preparing dishes or as the finishing touch, This Little Goat makes even the most novice cook into a worldly chef.
  — Anna Haines, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• In a lot of ways, Peggy is more worldly than Marian, who looks up to her as an aspiring writer who’s sort of making her own way in the world.
  — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2022
• But this gets drowned in the trope of Americans doing it the wrong way, unable to grasp the worldly virtues of proper wine appreciation.
  — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
• For single Fish, Venus in this worldly part of your chart can fire up a cross-cultural or long-distance attraction.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024