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Example sentences for: weariness

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When he realizes, for instance, that he has no choice but to bust someone's head, he prefaces the brutal act with a look of weariness, even sorrow, for the blood he's about to draw.
An overtly negative review in the New York Times Book Review , by Courtney Weaver, calls the tone "self-consciously humorous"; says the wit at times "disintegrates into cutesy one-liners"; and complains that the stories are plagued by a "certain generic weariness."
Most critics find little resemblance between German director Wolfgang Petersen's "hokey" action flick and his near-classic Das Boot . Harrison Ford's turn as a U.S. president who goes mano a mano with Russian hijackers aboard his official plane is deemed a "14-year-old boy's fantasy of being president" (David Denby, New York ). Reflecting a general weariness with the summer's Hollywood fare, The New Yorker 's Terrence Rafferty writes, "Let's hope they don't get any sillier than this."
Now no joy but lacks saltThat is not dashed with painAnd weariness and fault;I crave the stain
The backlash has also arrived: Janet Maslin complains in the New York Times : "When a film becomes the nexus of such a complex marketing juggernaut, inevitable consequences include weariness and even déjà vu.