Interjection
what in the world
An exclamation of surprise.
White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made. Fannie Lou Hamer
What in the world would we do without our libraries? Katharine Hepburn
What in the world are you thinking?” She sounded pretty flustered. "I try not to think,” Leo admitted. "It interferes with being nuts. Just concentrate on moving that Celestial bronze. Echo, you ready? Rick Riordan
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking. Julianna Baggott
Now the Senate is looking for 'moderate' judges, 'mainstream' judges. What in the world is a moderate interpretation of a constitutional text? Halfway between what it says and what we'd like it to say? Antonin Scalia
I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking. A. J. McLean