whole wide world

Example Sentences

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One of the earliest scripts she wrote was a greeting for users returning home, which she wanted to feel like the "warmest welcome in the whole wide world."

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“It’s good to offer two or three options, rather than leaving the whole wide world open.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Or, they could pretend that their best friend in the whole wide world is leaving on a yearslong, super-dangerous trip to outer space, and that their only chance to hug her goodbye is next Friday.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2022

Who in this whole wide world would you ask for help?

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

She says gods live in everything, in the whole wide world, so every place you are is holy.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes