worldly
Example Sentences
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At the same time, interest in a more vague spirituality is on the rise, fueled by “wellness” influencers framing spirituality as a shortcut to worldly gains like money, fitness, and romance.
From Salon
By the late-19th century, “Grub Street” had become a generic term for ambitious, worldly—and mostly talentless—writers, everything the classicist Gissing abhorred.
We amplify 21st century worldly and spiritual conflict, not going gentle into that, or any, good night.
From Los Angeles Times
More than anything else, it offers further evidence that Musk is a lot dumber than he ought to be, given his immense worldly success.
From Salon
“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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
