world-weary
Example Sentences
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The world-weary consumer of news might reasonably wonder if we’re headed into another version of climate alarmism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Brian Cox is one of Hollywood’s go-to guys when they need to convey something hard-edged and world-weary.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025
Gone was the innocence of the 1960s - and in its place, a post-punk performer of depth and world-weary experience.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
Each show reflects in its own way the influence of a gritty genre that situated world-weary protagonists in cold, uncaring worlds armed only with their wits, fists, guns and rat-a-tat dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024
Yet the men who sat in them seemed so listless and world-weary that they might have been asleep.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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