wide world

Example Sentences

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"I'm really grateful to have found that it's not just me, I'm not on my own, there is a whole wide world out there whereby differences can be accepted and explored."

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

“What in the wide world of football are you doing?” he howled at a player.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

But the grim part of—again for emphasis—Dave & Buster’s getting into the wide world of wagering is that it is so flatly unnecessary.

From Slate • May 1, 2024

We have only so many hands to report, write and edit obituaries, yet we have a very wide world to watch.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

I slid behind him, next to Ernie Hupfer, who was looking out the window like it was the most important thing in the whole wide world.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt