How to Use pessimism in a Sentence

pessimism

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  • Although the economy shows signs of improving, a sense of pessimism remains.
  • Marks wrote in a memo at the peak of market pessimism in 2008.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • The White House shares the hunch that the pessimism has a lot to do with media coverage.
    — Laura Gersony, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The vehemence with which the question is posed these days seems linked to a turn to pessimism across the West.
    — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • Things may not be as bad as pessimism is making them out to be.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
  • The book thrums with a newfound pessimism; Ariely seems to have lost faith in his old parlor tricks.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The Tata Tiago may be the car to drive the sector out of its surrounding pessimism.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
  • But here again, the pessimism is not supported by the data.
    — Nicholas R. Lardy, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
  • As Venus and Chiron clash, pessimism gets the better of you.
    — USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
  • Asked recently to expand on her pessimism, gas was the first thing on her mind.
    — Eve Washington, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Rather than being the sum of all of our fears, the year was in many ways a possible harbinger of a pessimism thaw.
    — Zachary Karabell, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2022
  • And then this year amid economic pessimism, Democrats slipped with this group.
    — Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2022
  • There’s a lot more pessimism in the crypto market today than there was 12 months ago.
    — Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 27 May 2022
  • There’s a relentless gender pessimism in the air, too — on the street, on dating apps, in the Supreme Court and, of course, in rap music.
    — Niela Orr, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Now, nearly all of Gapen’s pessimism has fallen by the wayside.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The positive signs have fueled caution about the rush to pessimism.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 July 2022
  • But a pervasive pessimism felt by the Chinese people will be the toughest to deal with, Chang said.
    — Fox News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The poll is the latest to track pessimism among Republicans about Ukraine’s ability to win the war.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But 3 1/2 points seems a bit much and plays into the optimism around the Dolphins team - and pessimism around the Patriots.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022
  • That alone will help make deGrom’s bumpy debut a bit less memorable and shave back the pessimism.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • His left foot is the primary reason for that pessimism.
    — Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2022
  • No one knows the future, but there are reasons for both optimism and pessimism.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • That marks its highest level since 2021 after a long streak of pessimism.
    — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But progress has been made, despite that initial pessimism.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The findings echo those of a recent CBS News poll which also found widespread pessimism about the state of the economy.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 1 June 2022
  • For if America’s resilience in the face of the pandemic shock has been remarkable, so has the pessimism of the public.
    — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The return to a bull market: Retail investors give up on their pessimism and get back into stocks.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But this current pessimism has been going on for nearly a year and a half — even after an election.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The shift to pessimism in both parties helps explain why the public views both Trump and Biden so negatively.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • But amid widespread pessimism some police reform advocates point to flickering progress.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024

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