cynically
Example Sentences
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"If I look at it cynically, I can't help but think that maybe she really wants to change" Japan's anti-nuclear commitment, 82-year-old Satoshi Tanaka, a campaigner who survived the 1945 attack on Hiroshima, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
A bit more cynically, she adds: “He sees the good in people. I see the truth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
With the forward bearing down on goal in the dying stages, Young cynically hacked him down on the edge of the area, preventing a near-certain goal.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
Sometimes, as “Back to the Future” cynically implies, it backslides or gets stuck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer at him cynically.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
