Sentence examples for worldly wisdom from inspiring English sources

I ascribed to him a worldly wisdom.

Adam Sandler's fiercely funny performance is filled with worldly wisdom.

Mailer didn't have Roth's mimetic gifts, descriptive vision, or sympathetic humor, nor Bellow's commanding worldly wisdom.

His melancholy tone seeks to endow his banal prose with worldly wisdom.

On one hand, novelists clearly feel the pressure for knowledge beyond mere worldly wisdom.

Sultan was considered intelligent with innate worldly wisdom, a man on whom the king might rely.

This claim was often made with an air of worldly wisdom — we all know what politicians are like, right?

6. "Melville" (Rui Nogueira): Another book-length interview; sharp worldly wisdom, infused with streetwise Gallic charm and tragic political experience.

"She would have told us her worldly wisdom: in the long run, you can't live beyond your means".

Her hook is a miracle of authority and completeness, and a sound guide to worldly wisdom besides.

This was always said with an air of worldly wisdom — of course that's how these things work!