cynical

Example Sentences

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I wonder if any of this was cynical.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like the character in his earlier spy novels, there is little glamour in the life of the jaded and cynical Samson, who has a healthy disregard for his bosses.

From BBC

“What I’m suggesting is hard. It’s a lot easier to be cynical.”

From The Wall Street Journal

There were also plenty who were more cynical about patients' motives, saying they were "not genuine" or accused patients of "milking the system".

From BBC

“While he was a very serious, earnest activist, he also had such an acute sense of cynical humor that is so fantastic and was capable of scathing satire,” her brother Devin added.

From Los Angeles Times