cynic
Example Sentences
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Mr. Riley’s column reminds me of Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic: “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
Given the state of the government's popularity, you don't have to be a cynic to ask if these sorts of promises will be enough to turn things round.
From BBC
Yet at 26, she has weathered countless storms — whether facing incessant body-shaming online, or defending her pop music pivot from cynics in the comments.
From Los Angeles Times
Here is the answer to the cynics who give the motion picture no place in the family arts .
From Literature
A cynic might say the same logic could be used to justify the sale of machine guns to children.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
