Sentence examples for cynic for from inspiring English sources

"I've been a cynic for as long as I can remember.

Nicholas Brown: 9 45pm - Driving into Pittsburgh can throw a cynic for a loop.

Assuredly, I'd be chastised as a misanthropic cynic for merely suggesting Mr. Hawkins and the Law Offices of Robert C. Hawkins may have benefited financially from his nearly 15 years of devotion to our fine city.

This is because the mob is made up of cynics; for them, everything is a lie anyway.

Any minute now, the Atlético Madrid president Enrique Cerezo will say there is no way that the coach Gregorio Manzano is going to get sacked and that we must be a bunch of nasty cynics for thinking such a thing.

It is not the time for posting your opinions and (darn my inner cynic) posturing for possible commissions.

The sight of one of the cubs dancing and playing with the flag is enough to give the most hardened cynic paws for thought.

But the combination of that with his plans for a charter school with longer days, a longer school year and a demanding curriculum (despite ruffling the feathers of the teachers' union), while having in place a network of support, had me, a sometimes sad cynic, rooting for him.

A cynic, who for understandable reasons wishes to remain unnamed, likens the hedge funds business to a brothel.

The cynic searches for some hidden hustle here, but I sense LeBron's genuine growth and sense of admirable purpose.

Cynics complain, for instance, that Oscar voters always pick the same kinds of pictures for the top prize, which means that the award is so predictable you can tell at the start of the year which big-name-director films are going to be in the mix.