Farebrother—his effort after the cynical pretence that all ways of getting money are essentially the same, and that chance has an empire which reduces choice to a fool's illusion—was but the symptom of a wavering resolve, a benumbed response to the old stimuli of enthusiasm.
Mary might have become cynical if she had not had parents whom she honored, and a well of affectionate gratitude within her, which was all the fuller because she had learned to make no unreasonable claims.
My first thought was that she had come to the end of her forbearance with his infatuation for Strickland, and, goaded by the latter's cynical behaviour, had insisted that he should be turned out.
His partner, in a violent letter, sent to his bank, had taunted him with hiding his whereabouts: and Strickland, in a cynical and humourous reply, had told his partner exactly where to find him.
She rarely heard the little cynical note in it now.
Barney laughed—the laugh Valancy did not like—the little, bitter, cynical laugh.
And it was with this cynical mentality that I approached the second season of 2018's breakout hit Killing Eve.
You can be someone who educates yourself, or you can believe that being negative is clever and being cynical is fashionable.
It's like the cynical editor who tells the cub reporter,"If your mother says she loves you, check it out.
"Cynical young Chinese will scornfully tell you that the travelling middle classes pay lip service to appreciating culture, but they are mainly after the goods: specifically, European brands they can buy in situ, and bring home to lord over their non-travelling neighbours," says Telegraph Travel's Sally Peck, a former Beijing resident.
"Cynical young Chinese will scornfully tell you that the travelling middle classes pay lip service to appreciating culture, but they are mainly after the goods: specifically, European brands they can buy in situ, and bring home to lord over their non-travelling neighbours," says Telegraph Travel's Sally Peck, a former Beijing resident.
Purchasing Fake Brand Names, Can Make You More Cynical Scientists suggest that purchasing knockoff goods can turn a person cynical and encouraging them to take the easy route.
But even the most cynical, secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless.
Here's a young guy who has every reason to be cynical.
And now there's another reason to hate Mondays as a study reveals that not only do we feel ugliest on the first day of the working week - but that information is used by cynical beauty companies who cash in on our insecurities.
Cynicism doesn't make you intelligent -- it just makes you cynical.
You can be someone who educates yourself, or you can believe that being negative is clever and being cynical is fashionable.
"Those are the words of a six-year-old boy -- a young child who has not learned to be cynical, or suspicious, or fearful of other people because of where they come from, how they look, or how they pray," the President wrote.
and I am very aware of how cynical the film business can be in this area!
Cynicism doesn't make you intelligent -- it just makes you cynical.
