Sentence examples for cynical joke from inspiring English sources

A cynical joke, perhaps, but a sick one.

As two elections this week have confirmed, Russian democracy is a cynical joke.

Prosperiti certainly didn't mean for its toothpicks to be taken as a cynical joke.

As a cynical joke of the time had it, "A Jewish wife is not luxury, it's a means of transportation".

The law's requirement for independence and lack of coordination between candidates and Super PACs is being turned into a cynical joke.

There's a cynical joke among journalists that three points make a trend, because any reporter can pretend that three arbitrary anecdotes or factoids represent a pattern.

Twitter is banned in China but lively debate, cynical jokes and criticisms of official corruption spread rapidly on home-grown services such as Sina Weibo.

But some signs of a malaise are setting in; some Russians have begun to share cynical jokes about Putin that resemble those told during the Brezhnev era.

In fact, cynical jokes about an omnipotent ruler have traditionally helped liberal-minded Russians endure their own humiliation and powerlessness — this function is still in place today — but it hardly leads to political revolt.

While never trying to sidestep the cynical jokes and sentimental formulas that inescapably identify the work as a period piece, this production is also filled with sharp, intelligent performances that give it an immediate emotional currency.

In fact, cynical jokes about an omnipotent ruler have traditionally helped liberal-minded Russians endure their own humiliation and powerlessness this function is still in place today but it hardly leads to political revolt.