Sentence examples for cynical from from inspiring English sources

Russians, cynical from the economic chaos of the past decade and the force-fed politics of Soviet times, scorn activism as pathetically naïve.

Mr. Wetstone said he had been willing to re-evaluate the Bush administration if it regulated carbon dioxide, "which is amazing because I'm a little cynical from doing this for a long time".

Meanwhile, in the worst result of their destructive narrative, children – particularly the most vulnerable – will grow up with role models who put themselves ahead of others, have grown cynical from the job, or who disappear from their lives all too often.

The opposition leaders are not inside Camp David -- in fact, the Americans would not admit them when they banged at the gate this week -- but even within the group inside, there is a spectrum ranging from the more pragmatic to the more cynical, from money men to ideologues.

"It's easy to be cynical from a distance, but [harder] when you're surrounded by people getting psyched over a sofa".

Danny's a good guy, a little wild and cynical from harsh experience of people being frightened by his epilepsy, and smart.

The other, The Working Day, depicts cynical scenes from office life, from a man flagging an email as important, to a disgruntled worker storming out of the office at half-past five.

After all, he's from Colorado and cynical pals from the "West" could have schnookered him.

In order for such a strategy to be effective one may need to hide one's cynical anthropocentrism from others and even from oneself.

Dramatizing that margin of hope — a kind of mutation into decency — is what separates the mainly cynical Gilroy from the total cynics.

Cue cynical guffawing from a cynical electorate.