How to Use optimist in a Sentence

optimist

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  • To have the show revolve around an optimist is in some ways a risk.
    — Joshua Kissi, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • An optimist would say that the Warriors are due to hit one — right?
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The optimist in me, though, is hopeful this will change soon.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Left behind was the body of Ivan, the cheerful optimist.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • This is a slow rebuild that’s just left the starting gate, and even that is the optimist’s viewpoint.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2021
  • An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.
    — Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2022
  • An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The optimist would tell you Green Bay simply knows how to win close games under LaFleur.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The optimists, which include Mr. Bove, hope that the club can find a happy medium — and a way to succeed.
    — Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Springsteen is an optimist, but he's not given up the good fight.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2021
  • To the optimist, spring in the Midwest is all about budding trees and crocuses.
    — Sally Schwartz, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • In both of these debates, Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives is on the side of the optimists.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Ever the optimist, Marshall says the future (of food) is bright.
    — Phil Lempert, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The fair folks are optimists, too: There isn’t a specific game mentioned on the banner, so it could be used for years to come.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • An optimist might think that throwing the book at these two might cause other skiers to be more cautious.
    — Outside Online, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The optimist in me wanted to cheer her up, but the economics reporter in me knew better.
    — Julia Carpenter, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • Only a real optimist sees the writing on their walls in 2023.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Even a Silver and Blue optimist can’t say yes with any sort of conviction.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The Oscar winner reprises his role as Buster Moon, the optimist koala who loves show business, in Sing 2.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Ever the optimist, Fox then pivoted to the progress that had been made towards finding a cure.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Link survived bone cancer as a child, which inspired him to be both a surgeon and an optimist.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
  • For the sake of her three daughters, Keith had long strived to live as an optimist — not to be too deeply swayed by things beyond her control.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
  • What even the wildest optimists could not have predicted was that Christopher Reeve would be nothing less than great in it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The optimist will point out that SDSU never planned to rely much on its receivers.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Climbing a wall of worry Even optimists like Yellen admit there are risks.
    — Christine Romans, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This year’s surging turmoil — new crises, new wars and new economic slumps — would give pause to the greatest of optimists.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Rare is the team that comes together at the right time, exactly the way the most starry-eyed optimist would have envisioned.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Now, there’s the optimist’s view: The Rangers, with a 4-3 record against Toronto and Cleveland, orchestrated a winning road trip.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • And that’s a good thing for Coyne, who remains an optimist about the downtown real-estate market.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 3 June 2021
  • But while the steady sprint of her career from ages nine to twenty-seven has led to its share of ups and downs, Palmer remains a relentless optimist.
    — refinery29.com, 22 Apr. 2021

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