world-weary

Homeless for most of his life, ten-year-old Danny is as streetwise as he is world-weary, and his desperation to save his three-year-old sister means he will do whatever it takes to get Matthew's help.

The Cure for Modern Life by Lisa Tucker: Book summary 2010

It was a warm early spring night, but the breeze carried the damp of melting snow and Sophie wore a bulky cardigan half-shrugged off her shoulders in a world-weary way.

Lance Mannion: 2009

While plot specifics remain locked safely away, Lee revealed the original cast will return, including Owen as the criminal mastermind with a keen sense of moral rectitude, Denzel Washington as a world-weary NYPD detective, and Jodi Foster as a shady businesswoman-for-hire.

Sundance: Spike Lee Reveals ‘Inside Man 2’ Plot Changed, Additional Casting Revealed » MTV Movies Blog 2009

As for her age I always figured thirty-six was about the youngest that her CV permits, yet old enough to be a bit world-weary, old enough to worry about not having a man and yet young enough to go running around like a spring chicken when required. '

Jasper Fforde discusses Shades of Grey, the first in a trilogy set in a future world recognizable as our own - but only just 2010

The only but startling and wrong exception is in Act I, scene 2, when the impressionable young Tatyana—who has read too many novels, and identifies too much with their heroines—writes the famous letter confessing her love for a neighbor, a slightly older, world-weary roué, Eugene Onegin.

A Lovestruck 'Onegin' Paul Levy 2011

One where a semi-retired and world-weary killer and young, war-protesting neo-hippy sat in the galley, finding common ground on how they travel where their respective wills tell them to.

And now, a kind word about my Firefly RPG crew 2009

Finally, at quarter past ten, our world-weary protagonist collapses into bed insisting she has "no sense of living without aim".

Could an Abba reunion ever top The Day Before You Came? Stephen Emms 2010

As an actor, there was also his world-weary college teacher in Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys, which may be the best performance Douglas has ever given.

Michael Douglas David Thomson 2010

"I don't think this is going to work — you and the real world," declares a world-weary Katy.

Finale Review: Rescue Me 2011

I love the way Sarajevans express themselves; it's a kind of world-weary, mordant wit overlying an amazing ability to absorb and survive great suffering.

A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book 2010