How to Use a world apart in a Sentence

a world apart

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  • Lunch at the Post Ranch Inn was a world apart.
    Alexandra Genova, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Don seemed to live in a world apart from his family and the rest of society.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 18 June 2023
  • In fantasy, the Misty Isle is a world apart.
    Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The neighborhood sprawls for many blocks, a world apart from the skyscrapers of downtown.
    John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
  • But the heart and soul of any pizza is the crust, and this presentation was a world apart from the heavy, greasy stuff.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Her experience was a world apart from what players have today.
    Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2022
  • That’s not to say Manning Walker is a world apart from the young subjects of her film.
    Thomas Page, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Higher education was ever less a world apart and more a world in which many people spent some time.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Just across the channel, Île Saint-Honorat is a world apart.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, what Meta is building in the metaverse is a world apart, Borget said.
    Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Two flights and more than 900 miles away, the northwestern state of Rajasthan is a world apart.
    Time, 12 Jan. 2023
  • For decades, coastal Orange County has seen itself as a world apart from those of us who live inland.
    Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Bella Vista is just six miles from the Promenade of the Tourists, but the two places are a world apart.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Here are their tips for layering on the greenery and using every inch of space to create an oasis that feels a world apart from the city.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Like Harvard, the center seems a world apart from the music’s humble beginnings.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Aitkin is about 30 miles northeast of Brainerd and a world apart in expectations.
    Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2021
  • But the question facing the thousands of women, half a world apart, is whether anyone—finally—will listen.
    Fortune, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The storybook theme park that unrolls in and around woodlands just south of Salem has been a world apart for nearly 50 years.
    oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Two mass shootings, a world apart Final exams on an Ivy League college campus.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Although the act of piracy and Obama’s speech occurred half a world apart, the two events were deeply interconnected.
    Michael Lyon Baker, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2010
  • The two men are a world apart—until a horrific misunderstanding leads to Watling trapping a friend of Beth's in his basement.
    Wired, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
  • View More The watercolor, though, feels a world apart from his luminous silhouettes and vivid storylines.
    Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
  • The 132-acre Stone Bridge Ranch, however, feels a world apart from any hubbub, predating much of what is now in the area.
    Katharine Jose, Chron, 2 Apr. 2023
  • But as commercialization took hold, the event metastasized into a pit of hard drugs, drunkenness, and debauch a world apart from its bohemian origins.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
  • On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, 3 miles and a world apart.
    NBC News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • But a handful of once-a-year live film gigs with an orchestra is a world apart from Coachella, where Elfman — then 68 — was the oldest artist to appear last year.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • Despite its proximity to Manhattan and its ritzy southern counterpart, the area feels like a world apart with its country roads dotted with stellar vineyards and farms.
    Ivette Manners, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Just 45 minutes from the airport in Puerta Vallarta, Punta de Mita feels a world apart.
    Ashlea Halpern, Marie Claire, 5 May 2021
  • The data centers of 2016 and the massive data facilities now fueling the AI boom are a world apart.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • American Merlot seemed a world apart from its Bordeaux-right-bank kin, but was the delicate Pinot Noir the grape to deliver the final blow?
    Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024

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