cynicism

Example Sentences

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But the cheap cynicism of “Hamnet” starts to kick in about halfway through, and then takes over the picture.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it’s also easy to notice Farsi’s ingrained cynicism about the state of things, having once been imprisoned as a teenage dissident during the years following her country’s Islamic Revolution, now in exile.

From Los Angeles Times

The names alone suggest a level of parody, and, in the first episode, a send-up quality flits in and out of the proceedings, but the show chooses cynicism over satire every time.

From Los Angeles Times

A direct ethical transfusion links them to the Obama cynicism that gave us EVs like the Ford Lightning.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Europe is in the shadow of a war," says German Foreign Minister Boris Pistorius, pointing the finger at Russia, which he accuses of "waging it with maximum brutality, cynicism and ruthlessness."

From Barron's