jaded

Example Sentences

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Like the character in his earlier spy novels, there is little glamour in the life of the jaded and cynical Samson, who has a healthy disregard for his bosses.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

But even jaded readers will be startled by the scope of the self-organizing tyranny besetting the book world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

"I'm a jaded roboticist, but I can't help but smile back at a robot that spontaneously smiles at me."

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

For jaded adults and curious children alike, Amélie’s wide-eyed marvel of the world will instill new faith just when we could use it the most.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

They were reporters, professionally jaded and professionally immune, a little too well traveled in the last analysis to exert themselves toward the formalities San Piedro demanded silently of mainlanders.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson