We considered them cynical and unprincipled.
I considered him cynical in the extreme.
I was criticized because I'm considered the cynical guy who's always chuckling with his tongue in his cheek, and nobody could conceive of me making a movie that seemed to be sort of idealistic.
Others considered them cynical and accused The Martian's producers of muscling in on the comparatively cushy comedy category in order to grab an easy award and add to the pre-Oscars buzz surrounding their film, without having to take on heavy hitters like The Revenant in the more competitive best self-important-three-hour-slog category.
Is that considered sneaky and cynical, or the act of a man masterfully fooling his opponent and duping him at the last moment?
For the longest time, licensed games also held a certain stigma regarding their quality, considered cheap and cynical cash-ins meted out as marketing tools for the latest summer blockbusters.
Other founding fathers were "at once hopeful and cynical": they considered giving full rights to Muslim citizens, but only because the prospect appeared purely hypothetical.
He goes on to quote a foreign correspondent for Look magazine, who wrote in 1944 that "there was a time when it was considered smart to be cynical about Hollywood.
It would be considered naïve, in these cynical times, to believe that this sort of grace ever really existed, and the thought occurs, while Mr. Racey glides across the stage with his straw hat and cane, that it's possible to be nostalgic for nostalgia.
"The dreadful reality is that both defendants put themselves before the wellbeing or dignity of that little girl with Jennie Gray seeking to protect the man, who you will hear had significant control over her, emotionally and often physically," said Brown "In respect of Butler, this is a story of a cynical and considered deception directed by a man acting to save himself".
