Sentences with phrase «grown cynical»

Employees have heard them so often, in work situations in which actions denigrate their meaning, that they have grown cynical.

They have not grown cynical.

But he has grown cynical over all the promises made to bring new life into this town.

They have grown cynical and have despaired of this life, sometimes directing their hope to another world.

Americans have grown cynical about foreign aid programs.

Some were angry — one woman compared it to being robbed — while others were annoyed but unsurprised, having grown cynical about tech giants» use of the data they collect.

The public grows cynical about politics.

But do not grow cynical, protecting yourself from future love or trust.

Students might also grow cynical and believe that the teachers are gaming the system by not being honest in stating the allotment, knowing that the homework will probably take more time than promised.

In 2006, artists could easily grow cynical or messianic, including Jennifer Dalton, Barnaby Furnas, and Matthew Ritchie.

We grow cynical and somehow detached defending these cases.

Abhinav Khushalani, 18, a Dulaney senior who helped organize the walkout, said it's important for young people to make their voices heard and not grow cynical about politics.

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If you force a societal - good aspect of your growing, private business, he said, consumers will see it as a cynical marketing play.

But it's just as easy, given how that future seems to grow more fantastical and distant with each word he utters, to become cynical.

Truth be told... others would call me critical, and negative and cynical, but my heart bursts for the church, I just wish leaders would realize how mistaken we have been to treat the church so much like an organization and a business rather than allowing it to grow and be nurtured as we would a child!

It was easy for me, then, to become cynical about the faith that I was raised in, to punch the holes into the theology of the people I grew up with and spot the gaps in the preaching and methods, and point a finger of blame when «they» got it wrong, to separate myself from the culture and, like most kids raised by immigrant parents (because, in a way, my parents were like immigrants to this strange new land of Christianity), I took for granted my life in the new Kingdom, completely unable to imagine a life without freedom, without joy, without Jesus.

Indeed, Hartshorne's catalogue of ills that afflict those who have lost faith in nature and God as friends is a frightful list: «men are likely to grow bitter, or depressed and fearful, or genially cynical and selfish, or mad with megalomaniac ambition, or slavishly worshipful of power or wealth — or just dull and apathetic and unimaginative, like a number of agnostics I have known.

A bright pesto, fragrant with fresh basil will melt any icicles that have started to grow over your increasingly cynical soul and evoke those warm days to come.

Edward Hallowell, psychiatrist and author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, says over-indulged children — whether showered with toys or shielded from emotional discomfort — are more likely to grow into teenagers who are bored, cynical, and joyless.

«Most people will see this bill for what it is — a cynical attempt to deflect growing public concern about the behaviour of rich corporate lobbyists representing hedge funds and private health companies, many of whom donate substantial sums to the Conservative party,» general secretary Frances O'Grady said.

Zephyr Teachout says the public has grown deeply cynical over the corrupt political process in Albany.

I'm one of the growing number of users cynical about social networks such as Facebook.

An account can become inactive because the user has found that special someone and gotten distracted by coupled bliss — or they could've grown so cynical and frustrated that they've given up trying to date.

I get a lot of flak for my distaste for «Wedding Crashers», but I admit that it's endearing because it's about two cynical men realizing that it's time to grow up.

Tom Popper has grown from an enthusiastic youngster (Dylan Clark Marshall, Arthur) to a cynical real estate broker (Carrey, A Christmas Carol), with his adventurer father's absence throughout his childhood still playing on his mind.

Fanning sinks her teeth into a punk - edged, more grown - up role than we've seen from her before, setting her course for a post-adolescent career, while Evans once again demonstrates why he should be a bigger star, with a perfectly calibrated mix of heroic enthusiasm and cynical detachment.

But that's cynicism, and there's nothing cynical about this gorgeously crafted, perilous journey with three heroes who've grown up before our eyes over the last decade, iconically repelling evil with the support of a miraculous, focused production team.

Yes, Deadpool 2 is pretty much just Looper, but it executes the «cynical anti-hero grows through friendship» thing well enough to stand on its own.

Micaiah Bethune, who has a fifth grader and a kindergartner, grew progressively more cynical as the meeting proceeded.

Beginning as an idealistic kid and growing into a cynical, profit - minded adult, the man has a counterpoint in a wild boar that acts as a stand in for the impact human activity has on wildlife.

Though some may call me cynical, I can definitely see Sony looking to inflate its monthly PlayStation Plus line - ups with emulated games, and in terms of the variety of games, this is something that will no doubt grow organically.

While I'm not nearly as cynical as Branford, I do believe that a growing sense of entitlement is a real trend in modern society and I definitely don't think games are immune to it.

For the unfamiliar, a brief history of Mike Kelley, artist: born in Detroit, 1954, studied art at the University of Michigan, earned his MFA at Cal Arts during its moment as the epicenter of conceptual art in the»70s, remained in Los Angeles, was first embraced by the art world for his found - object sculptural works that toyed with the conventional in the cynical 1980s, grew increasingly influential as his work expanded in ambition and scale, committed suicide at age 57.

We grow more cynical as we grow older and have preconceived ideas about what's possible and what's not.

Maybe I've grown too cynical, but such a trivially decent thing is genuinely surprising to me at this point.

«The pattern of anticompetitive behavior utilities and corporations are pursuing to stop solar from growing is both cynical and dangerous,» said Naomi Ages, acting director of Greenpeace USA's climate and energy campaign.

I had grown quite skeptical about PV too over the last 6 or 7 years, particularly about claims of grid parity — i had seen enough rubbish from Pacific Solar «we'll be competitive with the grid by 2005» press releases from the late 1990s to be forevermore cynical about PV optimism.

(As Lily Tomlin once said, «I grow more cynical every day, but it's still hard to keep up».)

Innovation is the trending topic du jour around the industry; having worked in law firms for 10 years, I've grown more than a little cynical about a few things, innovation in law among them.

As an honest business person, these kinds of antics should outrage you, because it all contributes to an atmosphere that makes YOUR advertising message automatically greeted with skepticism and YOUR integrity immediately questioned by a public grown so cynical that the only advertisements they «trust» are beer commercial fables showing giant horses rescuing small dogs.

However, as the legal advertising space has grown more crowded — and viewers have grown overexposed and more cynical — the old playbook has grown tattered and dated.

Unfortunately, most attorney TV commercials fall into that category today, as television viewers grow increasingly sophisticated, cynical, and frustrated by the constant barrage of legal marketing.

This move is another step being taken by American authorities, who have grown increasingly cynical of Chinese - made electronics.

I've grown up in a generation that is incredibly cynical about marriage.