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Recent Examples of world-weary
Presidents can rally world-weary Americans to coalesce on foreign policy.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 17 June 2025
Sporting a bushy salt-and-pepper beard and a world-weary look in his eyes, Pearce finds dimensions both tragic and devious in what could have been merely the stock character of the wily long-term inmate whose isolation has cost him his humanity.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2025
As the film progresses and Joel descends into a darker world of exploitation and cruelty, Cruise gradually chips away at his innocence to reveal a sober, world-weary demeanor.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
Stately percussion and lush guitar work frame the artists’ commanding vocals, elevating the song’s sense of world-weary intensity.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Philip Elliott, Time, 17 June 2025
Sporting a bushy salt-and-pepper beard and a world-weary look in his eyes, Pearce finds dimensions both tragic and devious in what could have been merely the stock character of the wily long-term inmate whose isolation has cost him his humanity.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2025
As the film progresses and Joel descends into a darker world of exploitation and cruelty, Cruise gradually chips away at his innocence to reveal a sober, world-weary demeanor.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
Stately percussion and lush guitar work frame the artists’ commanding vocals, elevating the song’s sense of world-weary intensity.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world-weary
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the usually reliable Molly Shannon delivers an inexplicably manic performance of exasperated adult ineptitude as the school principal trying, with a lot of faffing about but very little urgency, to track the kids down.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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The boy’s father, an exasperated man at the mercy of an Amazon-like delivery job that docks him for every second he so much as thinks about his son, is the only person who even wants to go through the effort of looking for him.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to the tariff kerfuffle, 1.5 billion Indians and about 5 million Indian Americans are surprised, disgusted, and hurt at the insults and invectives thrown at them from Mr. Trump's MAGA base, including some prominent Trump administration officials.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Sep. 2025
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The United States emerged disgusted by European entanglements, paving the way for the original America Firsters, who enacted tariffs that deepened the Great Depression and set the stage for a world war rerun.—
S. C. M. Paine,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, the new chief executive officer of the British Fashion Council, a former fashion editor who was most recently executive creative director of Selfridges, isn’t frustrated or angry about the myriad challenges London fashion is facing right now.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The hosts were attempting to get the cameras rolling again, and the Dipset rapper grew frustrated.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But that blase attitude doesn’t extend to the more serious matter of dinero.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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But do not make the mistake of thinking that serial winners would not quite like to win something else, or that City fans would be blase about it in any way.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Common symptoms include itchy, red, irritated skin.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a nutshell, people are easily irritated and inclined to get caught up in nasty power struggles because they’re entrenched in their own views.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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“World-weary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world-weary. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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