How to Use jaded in a Sentence

jaded

adjective
  • He became jaded from years of work as a police officer.
  • This thriller could be a, ahem, cathartic read for the jaded.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Williams’ scam raised the eyebrows of even my most jaded health care sources.
    — Marshall Allen, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2019
  • At this point, though, some of us more jaded types are ready to at least try to forget.
    — Ethan Iverson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Rowley’s depth and humor will warm even the most jaded hearts.
    — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • The bold claims crossing her desk would be enough to make many people a bit jaded.
    — Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There are feel-good stories powerful enough to warm even the most jaded hearts.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 9 Feb. 2018
  • There was hardly a piece on display that wouldn’t leave even the most jaded tongue wagging.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 29 June 2022
  • Maybe that’s how this scandal unsettles the most jaded among us.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2020
  • But fashion should be enjoyed; it shouldn’t be looked at from a jaded, been-there-done-that point of view.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 5 June 2018
  • Even a jaded food and travel writer like me felt exquisitely taken care of.
    — Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The students were in their third year, tired of studying and perhaps a little jaded.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Fashion insiders love to be jaded about fashion week, as a rule.
    — Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Supergirl is a jaded punk-rock youngster who has a cool dog and gets drunk to cope with past trauma.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • This 41 mm pink-gold piece is major even for the most jaded collector.
    — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And the room, full of jaded industry folk, is rapt, riveted, turned on.
    — Lili Anolik, HWD, 19 June 2017
  • Cole, a lawyer himself, came out of the experience more jaded.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Three date ideas May that are guaranteed to impress, even the most jaded of daters (ahem, me).
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • The kitchen staff is jaded and uninspired from the banquet grind of life as a wedding factory.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
  • Nineties rockers withered under his jaded stare.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The most jaded people in the world get very tongue-tied and really dumbfounded.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Normally, New York is too jaded and cool to give a second glance at such things.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
  • Because life—even for us jaded adults—should be for the seizing, not for hesitating in the face of fear.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The protagonist, Theodore, is a jaded man with no vigor for life.
    — Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
  • His history of domestic violence alone has been a stain on the sport to many jaded fans.
    — Adi Joseph, USA TODAY, 10 May 2017
  • Street style may be one of those fashion terms that are met with a touch of sarcasm and eye rolling from jaded fashion insiders.
    — Alex Badia, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But for three splendid hours, that old New York magic had found its way back into my jaded heart.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
  • The jaded New York City clubbers’ version, of course.
    — Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Everybody gets a little bit jaded.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
  • There’s a risk of getting stale and jaded when you are immersed in the same thing day after day, week after week, year after year.
    — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 12 Mar. 2018

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