unworldliness

Example Sentences

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Some of Shelley’s friends back home disappoint him too, taking advantage of his unworldliness, his bottomless belief in the groove.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

Obviously, some people must, and yet today a passion for reading seems vaguely quaint, while to be called “bookish” or “learned” verges on an insult, suggesting a slightly ditsy, even elitist unworldliness.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

He worked odd jobs on construction sites, in bars, nightclubs and hotels; he was robbed and exploited: people took advantage of his unworldliness.

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2018

A score of repetitive, ethereal unworldliness, it lasted 4 hours and 38 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2015

Intense worldliness can be vanquished only by intense unworldliness; unbelief fosters faith among a few; and the more loose the habits of the majority, the more severe will be the practice of the minority.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs