worldly wisdom
Example Sentences
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Hear Morgan Freeman’s name and you immediately think worldly wisdom and genial gravitas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
At just 29 years old, the composer speaks from a worldly wisdom that belies his age, pondering the encroaching fears and looming responsibilities of adulthood and growing up.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2022
But he wanted to put self-knowledge back at the heart of democracy: the worldly wisdom of understanding what is possible, and what is just wishful thinking.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2016
With more expansiveness than “Pamela” and less moral and psychological complexity than “Clarissa,” Richardson’s third novel offers a comprehensive distillation of the generally sound and humane worldly wisdom that its author valued.
From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016
“Your parents, my dear, have no more worldly wisdom than a pair of babies.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
