Example Sentences

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Tortora is a simple entertainer with a successful show who suddenly becomes the victim of a cynically dystopian system and Kafkaesque nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Sometimes, as “Back to the Future” cynically implies, it backslides or gets stuck.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Instead, Kirk is cynically manipulating his male audience.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025

In November 2020, lawyers for the bereaved told the public inquiry that companies "assiduously and cynically manufactured or provided products which they knew or suspected to be dangerous, in pursuit of profit".

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer at him cynically.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding