Example sentences for: cynical

How can you use “cynical” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Lee Atwater was more cynical, deliberately telling reporters things off the record, knowing that they'd view that information as more credible and use it.

  • This has made many people in the region, who are still learning about democracy, cynical about what the system means.

  • That both departments are now falling apart can be chalked up either to his considerable skill at maintaining allies or to his cynical lack of concern with long-term stability.

  • The completely cynical spin: Disney-Miramax's publicity campaign for Shakespeare beat DreamWorks-Paramount's publicity campaign for Private Ryan . The ceremony's political controversy was a lifetime achievement award for Elia Kazan, a director revered for his films but ostracized by much of Hollywood for outing fellow Communists during the McCarthy era.

  • One seemingly sponsor-serving article, and any number of future self-flagellations are written off by a cynical, jaded public.


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