CYNICISM in a Sentence
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46 example sentences for CYNICISM, such as:
1. I hope I don't sound unduly cynical.
2. I think she takes a rather cynical view of men.
3. With that cynical outlook, he doesn't trust anyone.
4. The cynicism, the cynicism of my words overwhelmed her.
5. She was cynical about the joys of a simple laborious life.
2. I think she takes a rather cynical view of men.
3. With that cynical outlook, he doesn't trust anyone.
4. The cynicism, the cynicism of my words overwhelmed her.
5. She was cynical about the joys of a simple laborious life.
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Meanings and Examples of CYNICISM
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cynicism
n. a cynical feeling of distrust
Classic Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1 "He's a gentleman," said Rhett, and Scarlett wondered how it was possible to convey such cynicism and contempt in that one honorable word.
2 He could tell, with apparent sincerity and approval, stories of courage and honor and virtue and love in the odd places he had been, and follow them with ribald stories of coldest cynicism.
3 There was an orgy of grabbing and over all there was a cold cynicism about open theft in high places that was chilling to contemplate.
4 Just as its cynicism was beginning to rouse her village-dulled frivolity, it was over.
5 She did not quite understand it herself; did not know that in the Bjornstams she found her friends, her club, her sympathy and her ration of blessed cynicism.
6 But not so much as her cynicism in the long dialogue with her lover which followed.
7 He was not born an idealist, and his fastidiously dry and sensuous soul, with its French tinge of cynicism was not capable of dreaming.
8 The cynicism, the cynicism of my words overwhelmed her.
9 The judges themselves appeared to be stupefied, and the jury manifested tokens of disgust for cynicism so unexpected in a man of fashion.
10 He did not love his grandfather much, as the latter's gayety and cynicism repelled him, and his feelings towards his father were gloomy.
11 There was a cool recklessness in his face and a cynical humor in his mouth as he smiled at her, and Scarlett caught her breath.
12 His eyes waited on her words, cynical amusement in them, and she could not go on.
13 He had changed from her friend to a cynical man in overalls.
14 She was cynical about the joys of a simple laborious life.
15 The captain introduced her to the secretary of a congressman, a cynical young widow with many acquaintances in the navy.
Example Sentence:
1 Without wisdom, cynicism is only another way of being stupid.
2 With that cynical outlook, he doesn't trust anyone.
3 I think she takes a rather cynical view of men.
4 Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder, not a cynical marketing ploy.
5 It was a strange conjunction — the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.
6 I hope I don't sound unduly cynical.
7 What I find sad, and cynical, is that this guy is essentially saying things will not be better by 2012.
8 Sophisticated and cynical, Jack could not believe Jill was as artless and naive as she appeared to be.
9 The rich youth cynically declared that the panacea for all speeding tickets was a big enough bribe.
10 They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.
11 Some cynics say that sport is a mere instrument of capitalist domination.