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
Tertz writes with a heavy undercurrent of Jewish Weltschmerz, Sinyavsky with a gentle wit reflecting his Russian Orthodox background.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has included many good examples of lyric and pastoral verse, in addition to the intensely personal expressions of Weltschmerz and separation that are still much favored by young poets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Confounded affectation all this Weltschmerz; you have no right to be anything but a happy man.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof
