cynic

Example Sentences

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A cynic might say the same logic could be used to justify the sale of machine guns to children.

From The Wall Street Journal

You don't have to be a cynic to believe Campbell got what he came for.

From BBC

Also, given three of Ireland's six T20s during the home summer of 2025 were lost to the rain, cynics will likely point to weather in western Europe come September as a potential stumbling block too.

From BBC

A cynic might argue that celebrities don’t want film and moviegoing as we know them to die because they don’t want to lose their source of income, and maybe that’s true for some.

From Salon

Not sure where I fell on the spectrum between “cynic” and “believer” myself, I found myself anxious as L’Belle-Tividad sat me down for a reading.

From Los Angeles Times