Example sentences for: weariness

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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."

  • London's Independent listlessly concludes that "triumph was not on the agenda at Rambouillet yesterday, only weariness and relief that the show had been kept on the road after 17 days of discussions at which the two antagonists did not once negotiate with each other directly."

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


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