Sentence examples for was so widespread from inspiring English sources
adverb
To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
- It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
I hadn't realized that it was so widespread in Britain.
That conduct was so widespread and systematic that it must have reflected policy.
Prosecutors said so many had testified against Mr. Nastase because the corruption was so widespread.
The buildup to the party was so widespread, he said, that "everyone was talking about it".
"Certainly the harassment was so widespread, they should have known about it.
The strength of the Dow yesterday was all the more impressive because it was so widespread.
This misconduct was so widespread and systematic that it clearly reflected Israeli policy.
But the e-mail story was so widespread that the National Park Service reopened the investigation.
Who knew that breast augmentation was so widespread in chicken barns?
I grew up in a community where racial prejudice was so widespread, whites wouldn't sell their homes to blacks.
Still, his reputation for deviousness was so widespread he failed the ultimate trickster's art of not appearing to be tricky.
