Sentence examples for they were world-class from inspiring English sources

They were world-class listeners, the Elizabethans and Jacobeans.

Carpenter's manager had long encouraged him and his team to act as if they were "world-class hackers" themselves.

"They were world-class athletes.

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes had it but they were world-class players as well.

They're world-class athletes.

"They're world-class players," Olsen said.

"They are world-class players, [and] it's a different style of football," says Christophe Berra, the Wolves defender.

"They're world-class players and every mistake we made in that nine-minute period we got punished.

"They're world-class players and every mistake we made in that seven-minute period we got punished.

On Van Persie and Nani, Commons said: "They have been at the top of their game for a long time and proved they are world-class players.

Well, they're world-class musicians.