come into the world
idiom
formal + literary
: to be born
Their son came into the world at 10:32 p.m. on January 14, 2003.
Examples of come into the world in a Sentence
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Nearly a dozen kids have come into the world, and with them mountains of child support that dwarf his earnings.
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Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
Plastic, tea bags, public trash cans, and the zipper had yet to come into the world.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Whitnni Violet Stromberg wasn’t scheduled to come into the world until Jan. 17, but the 5-pound, 10-ounce bundle of joy made her debut on Sunday, as the first baby born at Westminster’s Carroll Hospital in 2023.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2023
Twelve okapi have been born there, and Beni is the fifth one to come into the world at the lodge.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2022
Sailor got to see her grandson come into the world and snuggle with his mom and dad for the first time.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2022
Many more people will come into the world with a diagnosis.
—Daniel Navon, Scientific American, 5 May 2022
Has a book ever come into the world when at least four other books were already in print attacking it?
—New York Times, 15 Nov. 2021
Not exactly a great way to come into the world.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2021
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Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
Plastic, tea bags, public trash cans, and the zipper had yet to come into the world.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Whitnni Violet Stromberg wasn’t scheduled to come into the world until Jan. 17, but the 5-pound, 10-ounce bundle of joy made her debut on Sunday, as the first baby born at Westminster’s Carroll Hospital in 2023.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2023
Twelve okapi have been born there, and Beni is the fifth one to come into the world at the lodge.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2022
Sailor got to see her grandson come into the world and snuggle with his mom and dad for the first time.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2022
Many more people will come into the world with a diagnosis.
—Daniel Navon, Scientific American, 5 May 2022
Has a book ever come into the world when at least four other books were already in print attacking it?
—New York Times, 15 Nov. 2021
Not exactly a great way to come into the world.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2021
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