worldly

Example Sentences

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But we also know him as Ziggy Stardust, the alien rock star, or the elegant, worldly Thin White Duke.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

There are still financial tasks that have to be done for you after your death, like filing your last tax return and cleaning up your worldly possessions.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

In it, an elderly person gives up ownership of worldly possessions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

“The babies’ breathing,” he writes, “was impetuous, nervous, uneven, but the mothers’ slow worldly sighs, forceful and vaguely wise, got to me, straight to the heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Mrs. Highcamp was a worldly but unaffected, intelligent slim, tall blonde woman in the forties, with an indifferent manner and blue eyes that stared.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin