Example Sentences

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In the crosshairs are narratives like "studying is useless" and "hard work is useless", as well as stories that promote "world-weariness".

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

Some of the pieces in the book written before this real-life catastrophe, though, suffer from the rote world-weariness of the columnist accustomed to griping to order.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

It involves a prison visit, Barbara Walters, Twitter insults, forgiveness and a kind of shared world-weariness.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

With her sarcastic, you-know-better world-weariness, Glaser serves as a prod to the women to exercise good judgment.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

“It never hides,” the scythe told them with a world-weariness that was hard to describe.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman