Sentence examples for is so widespread from inspiring English sources
adverb
To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
- It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
"Corruption is so widespread that you can buy absolutely anything".
"Rape is so widespread in the American military, it's sick".
"Fraud is so widespread that few growers can make an honest living," he told me.
Match-fixing in many Asian leagues is so widespread that gamblers shun them.
Premature tooth decay is so widespread in children that doctors call them dental cripples.
Indeed, corruption is so widespread that some commentators question whether Thais really consider it a vice.
Pantothenic acid is so widespread in foods that deficiency is unlikely under normal circumstances.
It is so widespread that defensive medicine is accepted by many physicians as normal.
Yet the situation has gone unchallenged, partly because it is so widespread.
Napster could only happen because the PC is so widespread, said Mr Gates.
Suspicion is so widespread that even long-acquainted neighbors can be wary of one another.
