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.
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Children don’t come into the world with empathy or emotional literacy.
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Tracey Follows, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Travis Michael Morgan apparently was in a rush to come into the world.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
For approximately four weeks during Advent, believers, those who once were believers, and those who might be believers again, anticipate and rejoice for what is to come into the world symbolically and into their lives personally.
—Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
You were meant to come into the world to literally create change, to teach me things, to teach your parents things, to teach my other family members things.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
The Bible says that light has come into the world, but the world is dark, and the darkness doesn’t comprehend the light.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
Nearly a dozen kids have come into the world, and with them mountains of child support that dwarf his earnings.
—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
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Tracey Follows, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Travis Michael Morgan apparently was in a rush to come into the world.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
For approximately four weeks during Advent, believers, those who once were believers, and those who might be believers again, anticipate and rejoice for what is to come into the world symbolically and into their lives personally.
—Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
You were meant to come into the world to literally create change, to teach me things, to teach your parents things, to teach my other family members things.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
The Bible says that light has come into the world, but the world is dark, and the darkness doesn’t comprehend the light.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
Nearly a dozen kids have come into the world, and with them mountains of child support that dwarf his earnings.
—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
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“Come into the world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20into%20the%20world. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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