How to Use cynicism in a Sentence

cynicism

noun

• Nothing could change her cynicism about politics.
• This is the kind of cynicism that The Whale seeks to push against.
  — Samuel D. Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
• Most of us were loopy off the lack of cynicism in the air.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Among the young, there’s a sense of cynicism and despair.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
• Dan knows the game and plays it with a genial cynicism.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
• Others met the news of the shootings with weary cynicism.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• When you get rid of judgment and cynicism, all that’s left is love.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2023
• But Gu is also going to have to learn to live in a new world of cynicism.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
• This was the end of the era when everything mattered and the beginning of the epoch of cynicism.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• Since the pandemic, a new strain of cynicism has emerged.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The series has a great sense of British cynicism and wit, and allows Oldman to chew scenery as the big bad boss.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
• And there’s a recurring cynicism when dealing with the legacy of the war.
  — Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• The first hint of the cynicism attending this lawsuit comes from where it was filed.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
• The result has been a wave of cynicism on the part of Democratic voters.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 2 June 2022
• But what makes Frodo unique is a way of seeing the world without any kind of cynicism.
  — Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• The fevered moralism of that age seems a long way from the paralyzing cynicism of ours.
  — The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
• If anyone can make the case that the metaverse doesn’t have to be all cynicism and skepticism.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
• In the last year, the messaging from our leaders fostered cynicism about the Olympics.
  — Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024
• And which keeps its cool until the very end, where sweetness overwhelms the comic cynicism on which the whole film has been built.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• The cynicism that haunted them before should haunt them no more.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
• Changing the canon — establishing a taste for cynicism — seems to be the WGA’s aim.
  — Armond White, National Review, 15 Dec. 2021
• That could contribute to any cynicism voters have about the president and his son in the short term.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• All that cash has led to a certain cynicism among voters.
  — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 31 May 2024
• Now the project is being viewed with cautious cynicism.
  — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• In an ocean of churning cynicism and despair, this is a winning bet.
  — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
• Dark styles of humor, such as irony, satire, sarcasm, and cynicism.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• Next to them the cynicism and dishonesty of Alan Simpson will be placed in sharp contrast.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
• There’s a cynicism toward faith that has been growing for decades.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2021
• Irony and cynicism belong to the bygone days of a pre-pandemic era.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
• Moore’s attempt to kill Ford grew out of the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam, post-counterculture funk of the ’70s — the tumult of hopelessness and rage, the cynicism that had settled over everything like a damp fog.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024