And one world-weary soul alike, the light of peace. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Cynics often see themselves as merely being world-weary. From Wordnik.com. [Vp Al Gore Harvard Commencement Speech] Reference
O wealthy and world-weary triflers, O idle and opulent folk. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 5, 1892] Reference
"Nevertheless I'll stay," answered the world-weary voice again. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
As they grow older, they have become less world-weary, not more. From Wordnik.com. [Her Cocoon Of Values] Reference
She sounded as jaded and world-weary as a nine-year-old could sound. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
"I suppose," Lady Deverell a\weary shrug followed by a world-weary sigh. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
A cynical world-weary look that held neither respect nor liking for her. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Bride]
"Women + Country" is a world-weary record from a songwriter just 40 years old. From Wordnik.com. [Play > Skip: New Music for April 6] Reference
“It's not everything it's cracked up to be,” I reply with a world-weary air. From Wordnik.com. [A Day in the Life of an Extremely Minor Playwright] Reference
“What is his involvement?” he asked, trying for a knowing, world-weary tone. From Wordnik.com. [Terror At Dawn]
It's sort of this velvety smooth, world-weary voice that seems to be untouched by time. From Wordnik.com. [Dylan's Legacy Keeps Growing, Cover By Cover] Reference
There is a certain kind of world-weary pessimism that affects, I should say, your work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2009] Reference
It soothed my world-weary soul, and my badly bruised ego, to have you like me for myself. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage At A Price]
She always went there when she felt brain-fagged and world-weary, and came away refreshed. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
He leant back in a corner of the cab with drooping shoulders as though utterly world-weary. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
The culprits are clueless, and the cops, while world-weary and street-smart, do make mistakes. From Wordnik.com. [East Side Story] Reference
But we moderns are perhaps more world-weary, less sanguine about ideal truth than the ancients. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
To Rydell, Rocancourt was a world-weary traveler, "a modern-day philosopher, a teacher of life.". From Wordnik.com. [The Counterfeit Rockefeller] Reference
“War,” she informs me in a world-weary tone, “is 99 percent boredom and 1 percent fear.”. From Wordnik.com. [Beirutis Return To Bombed City���Will They Stay?] Reference
They were about the same height, nearly six feet, and had the same worn and world-weary expressions. From Wordnik.com. [One Red Rose]
"What a bore parties are!" said that world-weary individual from the height of his twenty-third year. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873] Reference
You're more than a little world-weary, but also intelligent and you keep your head when things get dodgy. From Wordnik.com. [moonblaze Diary Entry] Reference
Another maintenance man was locking it and when he saw us, he gave a world-weary look and held it open for us. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
IT WAS A HARD TIME. It had been a hard time, in Oz, for some time (for all time, said world-weary students). From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
But despite its resonance of world-weary regret, Rivlin's message is clear: Tax increases, including raising the cap, are out. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Which Side Are You On? Alice Rivlin and the Wall Street Bailout King, or Social Security?] Reference
He leaned against the mantel with the world-weary grace he had affected in Europe, raking a lock of sandy hair out of his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
He lay waiting for Sarah Williams, a fellow traveler, and the wonderful books for children and world-weary adults by E.B. White. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
His wire-rimmed glasses surrounded world-weary eyes and every one of his decisions seemed to weigh in the deep lines of his face. From Wordnik.com. [Office Slave II]
He couldn't have been older than than eighteen, but Bob was almost taken in by his efforts to appear more world-weary than Bob was. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
Winston may not have known what impact her remarks had, but none of it was lost on the rest of the cynical, world-weary reporters there. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfire]
At the outset, Roocroft establishes the world-weary exhaustion and vulnerability beneath the woman's atrocious ego and embittered bravado. From Wordnik.com. [The Makropulos Case] Reference
He clearly admires Cedric but portrays him objectively: as a young man by turns vulnerable, combative, defiant, confused, world-weary, naive. From Wordnik.com. [Inner City To Ivy League] Reference
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