Sentence examples for worldly-wise from inspiring English sources

What made Chaucer so worldly-wise?

They are worldly-wise and lip-curling.

This sounds worldly-wise and realistic — but it's totally untrue as an empirical matter.

But the more worldly-wise among them are conscious of the deeper problem posed.

But otherwise he was sweet, kind and considerate, surprisingly worldly-wise and also very funny.

The title of her book was a nickname bestowed by her more worldly-wise classmates.

"Worldly Wise, Locally Savvy".

Pogba, at 24, sounds worldly wise.

American dreamers fascinated the downbeat, worldly wise, Viennese Billy Wilder.

Worldly wise 14-year-olds and above will covet it.

In Mass Appeal (1981), he played a worldly wise cleric with a fondness for a drop.