Sentence examples for been cynical from inspiring English sources

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been cynical

adjective

Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.

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"People have been cynical about this," he said.

But most reactions to the news have been cynical.

Fosse may have been cynical, but he wasn't cold.

But for 200 pages she's been cynical and suspicious of men's flattery.

The mood of the electorate, in 2005 and at the two mid-term elections since, has been cynical and despondent.

Four years ago, Danny Boyle's stagecraft transformed the mood in the UK, which until then had been cynical and pessimistic.

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Go ahead, be cynical; I was.

Be cynical.

Some observers are cynical.

Dubliners were cynical.

But many are cynical.

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