Sample Sentences for
cynical
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    It's not becoming to a child. It's—cynical.  (source)
    cynical = expecting the worst of people
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    I know how cynical you are, and you're probably going to come up with some snarky reply when you read this, but the truth is, I'm chasing you because I really think I am falling in love with you.  (source)
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    Cynics are people who are afraid to believe.  (source)
    Cynics = people who expect the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
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    It was a cynical way of putting it, but it was true.†  (source)
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    He had fallen into a deep cynicism over what had crossed his path,  (source)
    cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
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    Back in her flat she reflected cynically on what she'd just said.†  (source)
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    The old cynic chose to be vastly offended at this nicety; assuring me, repeatedly, that 'the barn was every bit as good' as I, 'and every bit as wollsome,' and wondering how I could fashion to be so conceited.†  (source)
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    The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.  (source)
    cynics = people who expect the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
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    And again, Flora's heart leaped up high inside of her in a hopeful and extremely uncynical kind of way.†  (source)
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    His cynical laugh was like a drill on my chest.†  (source)
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    Do you suppose this eternal shallow cynicism of yours has any real bearing on a nature like hers?  (source)
    cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
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    "Well," said Gabriel cynically, "that settles it then."†  (source)
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    He was the first cynic I had met.†  (source)
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