| 1 | His flippancy makes it difficult to have a decent conversation with him. | |
| 2 | Will she abandon her cynicism and embrace romance? | |
| 3 | And the planet can' t afford that kind of cynicism. | |
| 4 | It may be idealistic but it's preferable to cynicism. | |
| 5 | He was so cynical that he sneered at everything that made life worth living. |