worldliness
Example Sentences
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He brought old-school charm, expertise and worldliness to the commentary box.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
They threw elaborate feasts like edible temples to their worldliness and wealth.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024
He wrote them in the catalog for Documenta, which he organized in 2002 — whose rigor and worldliness inspired my career and thousands of others, and whose legacy lies tattered just two decades later.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022
Poitier gives John an exquisite balance of worldliness and hope: He is not so much allowing the Draytons to make the final decision as forcing them to confront who they really are.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2022
They wore embroidered caftans and spicy perfume, their Chinese weaves hanging down to their backs, their conversation lined with a hard-edged worldliness, their laughter short and scornful.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing worldliness
Selected Short Stories of H.G. Wells
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"The Fallacy of Success" by G.K. Chesterton
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A Long Way from Chicago
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