How to Use world-beater in a Sentence

world-beater

noun
  • Of course, much changes over the course of two years, and there are some legitimate contenders who look like world-beaters.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In the knee-jerk world of modern football, yesterday’s world-beaters are tomorrow’s frauds.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There is some poetry in Williams’ daughters, Olympia and Adira, not seeing her as a world-beater.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • That said, Pickett isn’t necessarily a world-beater.
    Mike Kaye updated March 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Fox grew up in a high-achieving sporting household, but didn’t feel the pressure often associated with those types of world-beater families.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Given an opportunity to compete in open markets, Midwest agriculture is a world-beater.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Even though City’s squad is still incredibly strong, Erling Haaland and Rodri are world-beaters, and with summer-signing goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma also at the top of his game, Arsenal shade it for me.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike the 1946 juggernaut led by MVP Ted Williams (in his first season back from fighting in World War II), the 2026 team was anything but a world-beater for the first three months of the season.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Bruce Wayne had Alfred Pennyworth; Yamamoto has Yada Sensei, personal trainer Osamu Yada, a 60-something Japanese judo therapist whose unique training regimen has helped turn his star pupil into a world-beater.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026

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