"During the last two days the contrabands fairly swarmed about the Fredericksburg and Falmouth Stations, and there was a continuous black line of men, women and children moving north along the road, carrying all their worldly goods on their heads.

VOA: special.2011.04.15

He is under some kind of divine edict and it is precisely his devotion to this divine command, to this particular kind of calling that has led him to neglect his worldly affairs.

他深受某种,神明勒令的指示,也确是他对神明指示，对这种特殊召唤的虔诚,引导他忽视身旁的世俗杂事。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Politics must become a purely worldly affair.

政治必须成为一个纯粹的世俗事务。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But Salem became so worldly that, except for the academy, a beautiful church and a graveyard called God's Acre, Salem lost its Moravian character.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18