How to Use cynic in a Sentence

cynic

noun

• He's too much of a cynic to see the benefits of marriage.
• A cynic might think that the governor visited the hospital just to gain votes.
• Reporters who cover politics often become cynics.
• Once again, this stands in contrast to the prognostications of some cynics.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
• Must-Read The cynics will say 5-7 is 5-7, the same old CU nowhere.
  — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2019
• But sometimes the worst in times bring out the best in cynics.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
• And by hiring Jensen, HBS threw its lot in with the cynics.
  — Duff McDonald, Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2017
• Yeah, that got the attention of the cynics among us … briefly.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• One option, of course, is to simply steer clear of the cynics.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 24 Jan. 2020
• The cynic would say Joe Lacob was scared to death to open his new gym with a rag-tag squad.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
• To the leaders, skeptics, and cynics who told us to sit down and stay silent, wait your turn.
  — Teresa M. Pelham, courant.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• Turner is a hustler and a cynic who has learned to play the system to get by.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 12 July 2019
• Still, even the biggest cynic had to admit Davis had pulled off a p.r. coup.
  — SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• The cynic in me found the vision hokey; the dreamer in me would have liked to disappear with them.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
• Hayes, who was raised in a working-class home in a small mill town, liked to point out that he wasn’t born a cynic.
  — oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2021
• Contrary to what the cynics say, Choo has been healthy more often than not.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 1 July 2018
• The hot corner is a hot topic for the talk radio cynics.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 3 May 2017
• At this, many people—the skeptics and the cynics (like me)—may scoff or raise their eyebrows.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 29 July 2017
• Still, even the strictest cynic will admit that the sport is getting cleaner.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 6 July 2018
• Still, to call Swift a cynic might as well be sacrilege.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 28 Oct. 2022
• That's really what the twins want for all of us – to push back against the cynics and move on to more important things in life.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 12 July 2019
• Cory Branan is a folk-rock singer with the heart of a cynic and Bob Stinson's grandly what-the-hell attitude.
  — Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2017
• The cynic in Hanley says that a nine-game winning streak would change some of the conversation around to the team.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2021
• Some cynics in Nairobi say that building the railway was a way to get a loan, rather than the other way round.
  — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
• But since this pair was behind one of the defining films of the 90s, even Gen X cynics might be able to forgive it this time around.
  — Rachel Mosely, Town & Country, 29 May 2014
• This may all sound incredibly far-fetched to the cynics among you.
  — G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 26 June 2024
• Perry had one message for cynics (in case there were any).
  — Thatiana Diaz, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2020
• While the cynics out there may call this a cash-in, Before the Storm has its moments—at least if the E3 demo is anything to go by.
  — Mark Walton, Ars Technica, 15 June 2017
• And that's what the twins want for all of us -- to push back against the cynics and to stop it with this discrimination business, once and for all.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2017
• This film fully captures the essence of what makes a good love story, one that will have even cynics swooning by the end.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024