Sadness on thinking about the evils of the world.
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Examples for "Weltschmerz "
Examples for "Weltschmerz "
1 Was this " Weltschmerz , " which we thought a malady of our day, endemic in Persia in 1100?
2 He is overwhelmed with Weltschmerz .
3 The Germans were afflicted with weltschmerz 200 years later.
4 And then there is that sense of European ennui, of weltschmerz , that no MGM player had projected before.
5 "Of course you are," came the reply, heavy with weltschmerz .
1 There's a certain world - weariness about them, or perhaps I should say Universe-weariness.
2 Desire fails, both in narrator and his beloved, and is replaced by world - weariness .
3 Then he glanced away, his features retreating into an expression of ragged world - weariness .
4 The smell of gin and world - weariness was heavy on the air.
5 The prevalence of this world - weariness of course needs explanation, and the cause is rather obscure.
6 TENNIS:A world - weariness hung over Roger Federer when he came in from an almost perfect third-round match.
7 The thing stamped upon his face and burning in his eyes was not world - weariness , disappointment, despair.
8 This was not a moment for world-weariness.
9 I promise we'll return to regular programming next weekend with an entire jaded page dedicated to world - weariness .
10 There is also world - weariness about such crackdowns.
11 Lavish entertainment and outrageous gambling do nothing to alleviate his world - weariness , while his estates and tenants languish neglected.
12 An air of fatigue and world - weariness is about all her work, even when it is most stimulating with its altruism.
13 Just satiety and world - weariness .
14 But in a moment Christine's face changed, resuming, like a veil over its youth and bloom, the look of world - weariness .
15 Gothos sighed his world - weariness .
16 A deep sigh, in which world - weariness , irritation, and a craving for half an ounce of Condor ready-rubbed mingled in equal parts.
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