Weltschmerz
Example Sentences
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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
Soprano Dow, who comes from Texas, may not have so much Weltschmerz in her polished voice as Schoenberg had in mind, but she sings with great accuracy and lyrical ease.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is something curious about a $15,000-a-week entertainer who is afflicted with Weltschmerz instead of narcissism.
From Time Magazine Archive
The difference between yielding and striving resulted in the difference between an acute case of Weltschmerz in the one and a healthy physical and intellectual manhood in the other.
From Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Wilhelm Alfred Braun
