Sentences with phrase «cynicism within»

Director David Gordon Green plays it for comedy, a multi-national satire that frames its cynicism within slapstick antics and tit - for - tat gags, and Bullock and Thornton are marvelous together, pros who treat competition as flirtation.

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The reality that Russian forces have in fact spent their time in Syria mostly attacking non-IS targets who are hostile to Assad in order to prop up their client is merely the final layer of hypocrisy within which the brutal cynicism of Russia's Syria policy — especially regarding IS — is coated.

You even go so far as to say, «I think some of the cynicism that existed within me has been stripped away.

In an attempt to ward off the jaded cynicism of post-modern adulthood, she actively nurtures the bright - eyed kid and the angsty teen within her and values the wisdom of dead people.

I sense this within myself and struggle daily to keep my cynicism in check by cultivating the fruit of the spirit, nurturing my sense of wonder and gratitude, and practicing grace.

Defending Science — Within Reason Between Scientism and Cynicism.

However, rather than using these points to outline a cinema of cynicism and disaffection (as Sconce did), Perkins demonstrates how irony is used to explicitly and strategically position the films within the history of popular culture (p. 13).

At least they got the title right for this aggressively unpleasant redemption story that follows Owen (Adrian Grenier), whose rampant cynicism and abusive attitude toward his girlfriend (Angela Timbur) is traced to a tragedy within his own family and particularly to his sadistic grandmother (Fionnula Flanagan), to whom they pay a visit in a misguided attempt at healing.

«A growing trend of internal and external conflict has produced cynicism, reactiveness, uncertainty, and a «siege mentality» within the department,» says the study.

Whatever happens with the post, May will have to decide if she will follow in Cameron's footsteps as a vocal advocate of the academies programme or give way to the cynicism which has grown within much of her party, especially over its planned expansion.

This is a special kind of online game, a communal happiness devoid of cynicism, and one only possible within Animal Crossing's disarming style.

Her cynicism manifests in charming methods, such because the doodles that fill her journal or the within jokes she shares along with her BFF, Gregg.