: something spherical or rounded: such as
a
: a spherical representation of the earth, a celestial body, or the heavens
b
c
Examples of globe in a Sentence
Noun
She has a globe in her office.
His fame has spread around the globe.
The tree was decorated with colorful glass globes.
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Noun
Besides dusting, this includes wiping off the lightbulbs, removing any light globes to wash and dry them, and wiping dust from the fan’s motor and pull chain with a microfiber cloth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Zimmer returns to Fire Country this season as Renée Hoffman, a globe-trotting lawyer and Vince's high school girlfriend.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
The final women’s window displays a foulard created for Bergdorf Goodman on a green backdrop with a thistle flower motif surrounded by globes indicating where Loro Piana fibers are found.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Patients aged 50 and older accounted for 70 percent of those injuries, which ranged from retinal detachment and orbital fractures all the way to a ruptured globe.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globe. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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