Example sentences for: weariness

How can you use “weariness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Now no joy but lacks saltThat is not dashed with painAnd weariness and fault;I crave the stain

  • 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.

  • 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."

  • 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.

  • CNNfn and its more appealing counterpart CNBC (more anchors who look like Harrison Ford, more hints of futility and world weariness, fewer catchy names for segments--I believe CNNfn has something called "Margin Monkeys") are the ESPN of business news for an audience that watches the economy as if it were sports.


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