Sentences with phrase «by cynical»

In the new romantic comedy «I Do... Until I Don't,» three struggling couples are trailed by a cynical documentary filmmaker who believes lifelong marriage is bunk.

Valentine's Day is widely known by the cynical and the single as a trumped up holiday manufactured by the greeting card industry.

Your experiences in the field become very illuminated by the cynical appraisal in your comments, Ross.

But any doubt that the resistance to public understanding of the climate problem is to a large extent the result of deliberate obfuscation by a cynical oligarchy is put to rest by the revelations about Heartland.

The other link, as obliquely implied in this quote, is that both issues are exploited by cynical and dirigiste politicians who are bent on misrepresenting the issues in order to bolster their own careers and further their political goals.

But what is the hope for democracy when attempts at serious discussion of pressing issues are blocked by cynical parliamentary maneuvers?

The talk is that Mr Saatchi, said by the cynical to buy good art only by mistake, has had a hard time lately, especially when New Blood was slammed by critics back in the spring.

Castlevania is a title that is usually accompanied by cynical murmurs and sighs these days, a series that has been dragged through the mud in recent years in order to create something contemporary.

This piece is a response, of sorts, to this video by The Cynical Brit (as if there is any other kind, right?).

The top bid so far is $ 288.88 by The Cynical Investor.

He brings insight into McCandless's motivations, and dismisses the judgments made by cynical Alaskans on the young man's seemingly ill - conceived endeavour to live off the land.

It's reasonable to jump to the conclusion that the Speciale is the latest and most exotic entry in a long line of wings - and - things, wheels - and - tires upgrades created by cynical automakers to goose profits.

Based upon Harold Gray's popular comic strip «Little Orphan Annie,» the Depression - era story revolved around an optimistic moppet, her dog Sandy and her benefactor, billionaire Oliver «Daddy» Warbucks.Updated to the present with a multicultural cast, the sassy, spunky tyke (Quvenzhane Wallis) is temporarily adopted by a cynical cellphone mogul, Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), as a ploy for voter appeal when he runs for Mayor of New York City.

All three are accompanied by audio commentary (all but the second, optional): the teasers by digital animation supervisor Richard «Dr.» Baily and the standard trailer by a cynical Fincher.

Suddenly Paul — a conscientious objector in the Korean War, a man painted by his cynical co-workers as a «bleeding heart liberal,» a natural marksman who hasn't fired a gun since a distant childhood trauma — has a lot more to think over.

He also seems to have a darker past, judging by his cynical nature and his relationship with the club owner Madame Gina.

(I'd be surprised if Adie, who became a star because of her live reporting, isn't offended by the cynical «I've got a scoop» smirk Cornish brazenly wears for much of the film.)

Too bad that the narrative is such a conventional melodrama in depicting the fight of the little man, the humanist Hoffman, against the military machine, represented by the cynical and nihilist man (Donald Sutherland, also not associated with this genre).

There is an important mirror here, where the sincerity of the individual films is surrounded by cynical economic intent.

To the chagrin of the seasoned and artificially maintained models Gigi (Bella Heathcote) and the more neurotic Sarah (Abbey Lee), who are already facing the scrapheap in their early twenties, Jessie's natural look and virginal glow is the source of the magnetism instantly recognized by a cynical booking agent (Christina Hendricks), a vampiristic photographer (Desmond Harrington), and a salivating designer (Alessandro Nivola).

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Recently I was contacted by Cynical Parent and asked to contribute to an article they were working on for their site.

In the state Senate, for example, Democrats have repeatedly been denied control of the chamber by cynical political deals, despite winning an electoral majority — including in 2016.

Ukip voters» disaffection from the mainstream parties, fuelled by cynical newspapers owned by tax - averse oligarchs, is incoherent too.

«Sadly, he seems oblivious to the state of affairs evidenced by his cynical efforts to give away even more tax payer dollars hobnobbing in Harvey Weinstein's Hollywood.»

Complacency led McIntosh to underrate the threat posed by the ambitious young members who supported Livingstone, as well as by cynical opportunists who had sniffed a change of regime and wanted their reward.

Any idea that the Conservative party can be «compassionate» has been holed beneath the water by this cynical reshuffle which signals a further lurch to right by David Cameron's Tories.

Today, the New York Times used vivid details to show New Yorkers that Albany remains awash in money and utterly dominated by a cynical, pay to play culture that exploits every possible legal loophole, and often seems bereft of basic ethics.

It's now believed Milly's voicemails were automatically deleted, and not by cynical journalists.

He is very good going forward but my fear is that he will be targeted in the air by some cynical / pragmatic manager.

And nothing has changed, as we found out from his spiteful outbursts about Arsenal and Arsene Wenger, backed up by the cynical and unpleasant way his Chelsea team sometimes go about their business on the pitch.

Unlike communism, which came to be led by cynical men who betrayed its central tenets, Nazism was capable of inspiring heartfelt loyalty.

(The irreverent line spoken by the cynical Hornbeck at Brady's death — «He died of a busted belly» — was actually Darrow's private remark on hearing that Bryan had died.)

As it is, it seems that the clever prophecy that was made by my cynical former partner Tim Rice has actually come to pass.

Much like Murdoch herself, they wish to retain the liberal tradition's belief in the worth of individual moral action, yet find it difficult to do so in an age in which the enlightened individual is threatened on one side by cynical despair and on the other by the totalitarian excesses of political hope.

Regardless, do not let yourself be used by these cynical campaign strategists.

Oates was used as a weapon by the cynical Whig party, led by the first earl of Shaftesbury, whose personal secretary was John Locke.

Our cultural marginalization, even the manhandling of our religious freedom by cynical uses of the law to establish various orthodoxies of the sexual revolution, can be that kind of Christ - conforming poverty for us.

Not exact matches

For many who remember what business was like pre-Internet, millennials seem an appallingly sensitive lot, having been protected from the vagaries of the world by helicopter parents, trigger warnings and — to especially cynical critics — sheer narcissism.

Brad Gerstner, CEO of Altimeter Capital, called United's proposal «a cynical attempt to preserve power by this entrenched board,» in a statement on Tuesday.

The truly cynical might say the new attitude is an effort by the chairman to get himself back into the good graces of the government.

He regards lobbying by the credit - counselling industry as deeply cynical.

The «awful» scene of the blood eagle in season two was not a cynical attempt to shock the audience: It was about the character's attempt to enter Valhalla by not showing his pain and suffering.

There is, after all, a tendency by the media to be overly cynical when looking at the future in general and technology specifically.

Richard J. Reddick, associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas, writes for Fortune that some people of color might be cynical about Starbucks» response to the crisis that was precipitated by a store manager calling the cops on two black men sitting at a table (after a mere couple of minutes of them not buying anything.)

Though it's easy to suspect shortages are nothing more than cynical manipulations by corporations, it's also lost revenue.

Gen Zers, in contrast, were raised by more cynical gen Xers, which has made them more skeptical, especially about the workplace.

«We seem to be at a tipping point with [privacy] issues, with the great acceptance that the price of digital communications is some intrusion on privacy being replaced by a more cynical, or at least aware, attitude toward what is actually happening.

A smart move by the team, as the Eskimos could ill - afford a misdirected chorus of boos from a cynical citizenry.

Square CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey is attempting to get cynical SMEs jazzed about a credit card processing system by getting satisfied entrepreneurs to promote the system to each other......