worldly-wise

Example Sentences

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Bellamy version 2.0 may well be more worldly-wise, more focused, more able to channel the passion for the game and his country that has always run deep.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024

In the end, this ragtag band finally acquires the sutra scrolls from a surprisingly worldly-wise Buddha and achieves a kind of sainthood for themselves.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021

I loved Ferrell first and foremost because she looked and sounded like my people — red-haired and rotund, but worldly-wise and dry rather than jolly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2020

The worldly-wise Marschallin tells Octavian, as tactfully as possible, that their affair, though lovely, will not last.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2019

Theo Theodorakis and Doug Hoo, older and more worldly-wise, exchanged winks but stayed to hear the rest of the story.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin