Sentence examples for worldly culture from inspiring English sources

In his review of Mayra Montero's "Dancing to 'Almendra,' " (Feb. 18), Jim Lewis writes that "we have little to show... in English anyway" of narratives that portray the rich and "worldly" culture of the late '50s in Cuba.

In Iran Without Borders, the acclaimed cultural critic and scholar of Iranian history Hamid Dabashi traces the evolution of this worldly culture from the eighteenth century to the present day, journeying through social and intellectual movements, and the lives of writers, artists and public intellectuals who articulated the idea of Iran on a transnational public sphere.

Surrender is not a word we often hold in high regard in our worldly culture, which is why it can be a powerful way to understand Lent.

You can take your basic olive oil and add seasonings to introduce a bit of worldly culture to your dinner table.

And many of a new contingent of vest-wearing craft bartenders, perhaps seeing it as a vestige of the less worldly cocktail culture of pre-boom Austin, scoff at the Mexican Martini.

His own concoction of Kraut, Fermented Beans, Carrots, Duck Fat, Duck Leg Confit, Polish Sausage, Chicken and more shows a distinct blending of worldly food cultures.

The ruling official class "do not want to make culture worldly and turn it into a kind of public resource shared by the public," he wrote in another essay.

But since we're just human, and born into distinct "worldly situations," of course culture has a place.

Many in Oslo speak excellent English and have a worldly understanding of other cultures.

As a result, CNOOC's executives and engineers are thought to have created a more worldly and investor-friendly corporate culture than exists at PetroChina.

He read from the new book, "Death of the Black-Haired Girl," in that particular Stone accent: an old New York, Hell's Kitchen accent mixed with something almost plummy not British, exactly, but that of a worldly mandarin, an aristocrat of culture.