Sentence examples for cynical suspect from inspiring English sources

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At times I was reminded of Richard Eyre's The Ploughman's Lunch, which similarly addressed the repackaging and selling of a political programme, albeit to more cynical, suspect ends.

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Others may be more cynical, suspecting that bosses are not as unusually talented as they claim, so that others could do as good (or as mediocre) a job for less.This is a dangerous mood, transcending labels of left and right.

Their examination in the New York Times Magazine of innocent people pleading guilty in drug possession cases across the country based on false positive presumptive field tests reveals such miscarriages of justice are far more common -- tens of thousands of cases -- than even the most cynical suspected.

"It's early days to draw conclusions," he said, "but a lot of people are looking at this with a cynical and suspect eye".

No wonder some cynical observers suspected a clever publicity ploy on the writer's behalf.

The result was a major success, a fascinating movie that brought an Oscar to William Holden as Sgt Sefton, the cynical loner suspected of being the German spy, and a best director nomination to Wilder, who called it "one of my favourite pictures".

A terribly cynical mind might suspect the whole hubbub was just for political show.

Call me cynical, but I suspect this nonissue was manufactured by a rival campaign.

Then she attacks Hillary Clinton's campaign: "Call me cynical, but I suspect this nonissue was manufactured by a rival campaign".

Cynical folk may suspect that HealthSouth's new bylaw is partly intended to draw a line under the firm's past scandals.

Color me cynical, as I suspect that this counterintuitive decision was occasioned by election-year calculus and arrived at only after speculation by campaign advisers that such an order would cost more votes than it would gain.

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