Sentence examples for were worldly from inspiring English sources
adjective
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
The creators of idealised works were worldly creatures and credited their audiences to be so, too.
"Politics were worldly as opposed to Christian pursuits," said Charles Barnette, a member of the Texarkana congregation, explaining the discomfort.
They were worldly Muslim men who had found the expression for their personal alienation in the spurious legitimacy of extremism.
Still, Merrill promoted the Craanes as the embodiment of virtually every facet the firm wanted to show off: they were worldly, smart, successful -- and they were women.
And yet we were worldly enough kids to know that the greatest chef who ever lived would probably have more than one recipe (chicken with carrots), and that most great recipes involved more than two ingredients.
The architects of the 1892 ballet were worldly men: Tchaikovsky, the composer; Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the director of the Imperial Theaters; Marius Petipa, the balletmaster; and, when Petipa fell ill, Lev Ivanov, his deputy.
"We were worldly-wise; we would have noticed," he said.
"This generation is worldly.
I was worldly, compared to him".
