Sentence examples for breakthrough the world from inspiring English sources

Mr. Irving's novels, from his breakthrough, "The World According to Garp," through "The Cider House Rules" and, in 1998, "A Widow for One Year," have been bold acts of the imagination, but each has also been deeply grounded in research.

There is increasing evidence that, despite justified pride in individual institutions and medical breakthroughs, the world's biggest medical spender isn't buying its citizens the longest, healthiest lives in the world.

"It was my breakthrough at the World Cup.

The result is a feminist breakthrough in the world of stadium pop.

There, he was involved in a historic technological breakthrough, UNIVAC, the world's first commercial digital computer.

Roughly once every two years, trade ministers get together to try to make a breakthrough in the world trade talks.

Alex Travis, associate professor of reproductive biology, discusses his breakthrough with the world's first litter of puppies born via in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Ward would have made his breakthrough into the world's top 100 by beating Verdasco, but the 27-year-old Londoner was up against one of the biggest ball-strikers in the game.

The pair made their breakthrough on the world stage in 2010, when at the world rowing championships on New Zealand's Lake Karapiro, they clung on to the coat-tails of the host nation, then the world champions, to clinch silver.

MEYER SEEKING A BREAKTHROUGH: With the world record in the half-marathon and an impressive list of victories at 10,000 meters, Elana Meyer figured she would have the same kind of success when she moved up to the marathon.

Rich countries have pledged $2.6bn over the next eight years at a family planning summit in London, in what was described as a breakthrough for the world's poorest women and girls.