Sentence examples for worldly having from inspiring English sources

Dr. Steward is worldly, having traveled extensively and becoming fluent in Russian and Spanish, which contrasts with what she described as her "backwoods" upbringing.

The plain-living Mennonites are Christians who descended from the same 16th-century Anabaptist group as the Amish, although they are typically more worldly, having evolved over the centuries into conservative and more progressive communities.

The tarot cards still spread out on the table are the only signal that something other-worldly has occurred in this room.

Its profiling system worked wonders in matching a timid young woman from a town of no stoplights with an outgoing and worldly roommate having many of the same values.

The cost of that covenant to women — the suppression of worldly opportunity — has been thoroughly told.

Ms. Sparks, now a worldly 19, has her principles, including a stake in overblown emotion.

The more worldly, however, had no objection to a work whose succeeding volumes were each an audacious source of scandal.

Overworked, wealthy and worldly, they have the means to travel and the desire to get away from city life.

But those eager to ridicule the re-signing of two players deemed to be beyond the peak of their once worldly powers have been forced to reconsider.

Even worldly dancers have trouble separating Mr. Baryshnikov, the person, from the figure who works tirelessly to give dance a prominent place in culture.

Mr. Peet's whimsical books, including "The Whingdingdilly" and his personal favorite, "Chester the Worldly Pig," have sold millions of copies and been translated into five languages.