Weltschmerz

Example Sentences

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It’s a sure cure for any lingering Weltschmerz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

This is even more surprising, given that what the German novelist Jean Paul christened Weltschmerz has seemingly been in steady decline for the last 10 years.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2016

The crass Buck is less interested in discussing Tony’s sudden bout of Weltschmerz than he is in ushering him off to the Japanese restaurant where their dates await.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2011

In him the French bon vivant shines only dimly through a fog of German Weltschmerz: he enjoys life but seldom seems basically happy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the case of each author treated, the development of the peculiar phase of Weltschmerz characteristic of him has been traced, and analyzed with reference to its various modes of expression.

From Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Braun, Wilhelm Alfred