globe - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • circumnavigate: Meanwhile, their rivals the Spanish headed west, hoping to reach India by circumnavigating the globe.
  • encircle: A bald head with an elongated whisper of hair encircling that wondrous globe which is the swimmer's bonce.
  • scour: Instead of confining himself to London he now scours the globe for the incidental.
  • sweep: Have you caught up with the new craze that is sweeping the globe?
  • span: No matter how far flung its peoples may be, subtle lines of interconnection span the globe, creating unity between them.
  • criss-cross: Much of this transport is needless: every day, identical commodities pass in opposite directions, criss-crossing the globe.

Adjective modifier

  • celestial: There is also a celestial globe in the background.
  • habitable: There is not a place on the habitable globe where these men can find refuge and in which they will not be tracked down.
  • terrestrial: On the ninth day after leaving Yokohama, Phileas Fogg had traversed exactly one half of the terrestrial globe.
  • bbc1: It brings back lots of fine memories, such as the BBC1 globe, and the famous BBC Two '2 ' .
  • entire: Wide area networks can be made up of interconnected smaller networks spread throughout a building, a state or the entire globe.
  • golden: He sat beside her and together they watched the golden globe chase away the pre-dawn cool.

Modifies a noun

  • artichoke: The dramatic flower heads, which are often in clusters, reveal this plant's close relationship to the globe artichoke.
  • trotter: ACCESSORIES The CAPONORD is Aprilia's globe trotter, designed for maximum versatility in all situations.
  • thistle: The rich blues of the globe thistle and sea holly against the bold yellow of the yarrow is a sight to behold.
  • thermometer: Globe temperature T g The globe thermometer occupies a central place in the instrumentation of comfort surveys.
  • icon: The globe icon indicates resources that are available off campus.
  • valve: The valve is basically a globe valve without the disk.

Noun used with modifier

  • inch/23: Childrens Globes £ 29.99 US$58.48 E46.48 Top quality 9 inch/23 cm globe.
  • cm: Childrens Globes £ 29.99 US$58.48 E46.48 Top quality 9 inch/23 cm globe.

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