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Sentence Examples A cynic may say it's the feeling of acceptance that comes over a condemned man who's resigned to his fate. A cynic could argue, indeed, that Hibs have achieved certain economies with this latest piece of unsought business. A cynic might argue that drug companies hold back the release of drugs to keep prices high. These are, of course, the sour thoughts of a crabbed and incorrigible old cynic. The sight was a most charming and cheerful thing, and would lift the spirits of even the most leaden cynic. The three women are, respectively, crotchety old lady, hothead cynic, and frustrated, overachieving go-between. Behind Professor Godfrey's sensible suggestion lies a statistic that might appeal to any passing cynic. I've got to say I've never agreed with a word he's said, although I concede that he's funny, if you're a certain type of nihilistic cynic. As a closet cynic, I will always question their ulterior motives when they dig into their pockets and support various causes. Call me a cynic, but I tittered when I heard a rumour that a high street bank considering sponsoring student comedy shows. She, like me, had been a scoffer, a cynic, and an unbeliever and had put her faith in the wretched medical con-artists. I admire the idealism and I hate to be a cynic, but these plans never take human motivations into account. Call me a cynic, but I can't believe that a contemporary audience could find this anything other than comic. A cynic would say that this writer who claimed to stand alone and apart was actually quite prepared to lose himself in the herd. Like me, he was a disillusioned cynic, enjoyer of beer and a great admirer of a pretty face. You don't have to be much of a cynic to question whether loggers will really be held to their promises. I did say there was some fun to be had, and I'd be a cold cynic if I didn't admit there was some sugar-coated amusement present in this series. He considers the Emperor was a cynic, a monster, a psychopath and a megalomaniac. You suspect it's not much of a stretch playing the reckless cynic who one day grows up into a fervent idealist, yet he never trips up. For the cynic such talk may seem so much religious twaddle, but for those who really know God, these words are a source of immense comfort. Show More Sentences The allegory was used by the cynic Antisthenes, a contemporary of Plato, and Diogenes the Cynic. He is not a cynic or a Machiavellian in any traditionally understood sense. Darman fancies himself both cynic and idealist, bureaucratic infighter and wise man. Cleon is worsted not by an upright and dignified man but by an illiterate and brazen cynic who beats him at his own game. A cynic would say that people enjoy playing the victim and jumping on the grief bandwagon, they enjoy the attention and the sympathy. Only a complete dyed-in-the-wool cynic would suggest the two events could be possibly related. An independent media source is able to be the voice of the cynic in all of us, and to ask the questions we'd all like to have answered. There is no such thing as a free trade deal, only self-interest, the cynic insists. The cynic within suggests that perhaps the status quo is driven by self interest of the major parties who benefit. The cynic in me wonders about those screamers, knowing MTV auditioned for enthusiastic fans a few days before the event. Even such a cynic as I can't quite believe the unique blend of dishonesty and incompetence. Everyone, believer and cynic alike, was curious to know what would be said. My inner cynic suspects that the unusual story has beguiled these writers into believing in the characters. A complete cynic develops insight that cuts through sham and goes directly to the heart of the matter. So amazing, in fact, that this newly reformed cynic is ready to write a check. What would that cynic who used to delight us on TV in the eighties with his elegant misanthropy have made of it all? I must confess that at times I sound somewhat more like a cynic than a team player. Putin, after all, is not the only cynic on center stage in the Ukraine crisis. A cynic might say that the report is like the movie clue, perfectly set up for a multiplicity of endings. You, dear reader and refusenik, will likely be called a cynic or a sad sack by friends. Show More Sentences At her core as both a mother and a politician was a guiding emotion that would make a cynic scoff. Distrustful of engaging fully, the cynic engages superficially, gets the drug he needs, and moves along. Though he made it back to the top by dint of talent and hard work, he remained a deep-dyed cynic for the rest of his life. Who knew that professional cynic Bill Maher was such a starry-eyed idealist? He was also a loner, a sharp-tongued cynic at times, and a self-centered man who could serve humanity yet express little empathy for the problems of those close to him. Yes I am a pedantic conspiracy theorist, or jaded old cynic for short. Yeah, I'm a cynic, but I don't doubt the earnestness of our heroes. A cynic might question how divorcing the casino magnate Steve Wynn two years earlier and taking half his business make your fortune self-made. And so the rumors accrue, hardening the image of Wilder the cynic, Wilder the man-hater and woman-scorner. Les is a cynic, a moocher, and a loser, yet, in his unhappy way, he is also an ever hopeful novitiate in the Temple of Fame. It may merely be a subtle way to keep noses to the grindstone for longer, says one cynic, causing more stress, not less. A cynic might question the use of religion as a landing pad when one is tumbling from a place of power into the abyss of iniquity. Call me a cynic, but this is an individualistic, give-stuff-to-voters-who-vote sort of policy. A cynic might point to this and suggest that nationalists and republicans have purposefully chosen to strike when the proverbial iron is hot. A cynic might point out that he was giving away other ministers' powers, but not his own. It does not take a cynic to question the timing of Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, the second that Malaysia's opposition leader has had to endure. I may be a cynic, but I would prefer that approach to not seeing wages rise at the bottom. A cynic might argue that all this discussion amounts to hot air and is camouflage for a lack of real progress. Members can call me a cynic but as a farmer I have seen it happen year after year and election term after election term. The cynic might say that this is a lot of money to keep bean-counters busy. Show More Sentences If I were a cynic I would say it would not happen no matter what we do, but I am not. He has become a jaded cynic who unwraps large packages of cash from defending drug dealers while deluding himself he is working to protect civil liberties. But our cynic would say that people are merely learning more and more about less and less. It was, to be sure, a cynic who once remarked that the road to success is filled with women, pushing their husbands in front of them. The original Greek word for cynic was derived from the image of a surly dog snarling at everything it sees. Does that make me an epicurean cynic or a cynical epicurean? The hard-bitten cynic and skeptic smiles with inward pride when his friends chuckle over his well-wrought and ironic disdain for conventional pieties. The cynic in her that questioned his motive had long been silenced. The downside to this is that you turn into a cautionary cynic, not trusting anything that comes out of a publisher's mouth and avoiding anything with a sniff of hype. I like to think of myself as a hardbitten cynic, but I'm in tears here. Whilst a cynic might argue it was all a little over the top, the overall impression was that the speeches didn't over-embellish the man or his achievements. Call me a cynic, but why did the hon. member not deliver cash strapped cities a share of the gas tax during his nine year tenure as finance minister? Well, I am afraid that I remain a bit of a cynic and I see foreign aid as poor people in rich countries giving money to rich people in poor countries. Schadenfreude is the only true joy, says the cynic. The cynic in me suggests that these statistics were swept under the carpet in order to end the bra wars', another sticking plaster when the EU needs long-term solutions. In this dialogue, set in a café in the Palais-Royal, the philosophe takes the side of the rational against the composer's nephew, himself an artist, a true original, a cynic part rational and part given to extravagant fancy. Members can call me a cynic, but I think it is political opportunism over on that side and I am really sorry to say that it will probably not help my producers who need it in a desperate way. To paraphrase cynic Joseph Fouché, the failure to use what took place several days ago as an opportunity to call Iraq's leaders to order would be worse than a crime. Examples from Classical Literature But I am not a cynic, and I hope for the rekindling of wood-fires, and a return of the beautiful home light from them. To the insular cynic and the insular moralist they offer an equal opportunity. But smileless, the cynic departed, and Flamby looked after him without regret. He rarely smiled, and when he did it was the smile of the cynic and misanthrope. Hence the fact, noted by a cynic, that it is the mollycoddle who cuckolds the Red-blood. Philip, the cynic, enjoyed it greatly, thereby proving that a considerable portion of his misogamy was humbug. This cynic, this philosopher, this mugwump says Sir Walter was a genuine man. Captain Puffin was a great cynic in his own misogynistic way. Away with my German-Swiss hotel, and the extortionate cynic who keeps it! In 1783 he died the death of Diogenes, minus the wit of the cynic. Suppose he is a cynic, it is to his interest to govern well. A cynic sends us a tip for the recruiting department of our army. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of cynic? Words that rhyme with cynic What is the plural of cynic? What is the adverb for cynic? What is the adjective for cynic? What is the noun for cynic? Translations for cynic Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words cynghanedd cynewulf Cyndi Cymry Cymric cymose Cynic cynical Cynical cynically cynicism Cynicism 5-letter Words Starting With c cy cyn cyni