: 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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Jackie Northam, NPR, 7 Dec. 2025
Looking back, his own biggest want had once been for a world globe, and she had been thrilled to give him one.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The cartoon showed an drawing of a Trump holding a warship next to a globe with a lengthy caption condemning the administration, translated by Newsweek.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Jellyfish paperweight $33 Shop Now Snow globes that stay put are paperweights.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Shauna Martel, a teaching assistant at the Osher Map Library twirls a massive globe around and points to Australia.
—Jackie Northam, NPR, 7 Dec. 2025
Looking back, his own biggest want had once been for a world globe, and she had been thrilled to give him one.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The cartoon showed an drawing of a Trump holding a warship next to a globe with a lengthy caption condemning the administration, translated by Newsweek.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Jellyfish paperweight $33 Shop Now Snow globes that stay put are paperweights.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for globe
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“Globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globe. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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