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  • Just when normal life felt almost possible—when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through an icicle; the stillness of a sunrise), some small thing would go awry and the veil of optimism was torn away, the barren world revealed.   (source)
    optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
  • My mom always said optimism was my best trait.   (source)
  • But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.   (source)
    optimism = expectation that things would go well
  • But this optimism lasted only a moment, because as they descended into the valley, they saw that it wasn't as beautiful as it might have been-indeed, as it once was.   (source)
  • Or I could leave it as an optimist and hope for the best.   (source)
    optimist = someone who expects the best
  • These optimistic speeches, which no one believed, helped to pass the time.   (source)
    optimistic = upbeat (expecting the best)
  • Nilda wasn't optimistic about his plan.   (source)
    optimistic = expecting good results
  • "I," says Prat, "am an optimist."   (source)
    optimist = someone who expects the best; or who focuses on the good part of things
  • After his graduate years in Texas, my father had returned to Iran full of American optimism.†   (source)
  • But things are not quite as optimistic as you think.†   (source)
  • Where he was a pessimist, I was an optimist, and there was no sense in scaring people with his theories.†   (source)
  • A land of optimism, precision, and political neutrality, it was the Switzerland of the hotel.†   (source)
  • And what turned me into an alien was my optimism.†   (source)
  • An optimist!†   (source)
  • Be brave and look to the future with optimism.†   (source)
  • I don't have the sparkling personality, amazing wit, sense of humor and energy that goes along with an optimistic attitude that people look for.†   (source)
  • When Minho returned, safe and sound, Thomas thought he seemed very optimistic that it really was an exit.†   (source)
  • Despite his skinny frame and baby face, his eyes were lifeless and hooded, without a hint of spark or optimism.†   (source)
  • Eddie wondered how the guy could be so optimistic.†   (source)
  • Teabing's optimism darkened.†   (source)
  • Maybe I was too optimistic, maybe I was just too far in love, but I really believed that anything Aspen and I wanted badly enough, we could make happen.†   (source)
  • I was optimistic about what our evidence might accomplish in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.†   (source)
  • Harry felt optimistic about Gryffindor's chances; they had, after all, never lost to Malfoy's team.†   (source)
  • This was disappointing, as some small, optimistic part of me had still hoped we might make it there.†   (source)
  • Reynie decided not to look at Constance; his optimism had been spoiled enough.†   (source)
  • Meanwhile, Williams remained optimistic.†   (source)
  • That's pretty dang optimistic for you, Dad.†   (source)
  • I try to look optimistic.†   (source)
  • Maybe they're being optimistic designing their system.†   (source)
  • It was not the same as being the respected craftsman he had been before the war, but he did the best he could and continued to feel optimistic.†   (source)
  • Today I'm thinking I should be more optimistic.†   (source)
  • For a girl with no family and no home, Tess is surprisingly optimistic.†   (source)
  • "THIS ISN'T GENERALLY AN OPTIMISTIC SIGN," said Owen Meany.†   (source)
  • Optimistically: we won't be here that long.†   (source)
  • I don't share her optimism.†   (source)
  • The playing fields were optimistically green and empty before us.†   (source)
  • He also was optimistic that I would be able to compensate well with one arm in the future.†   (source)
  • He could not have explained his optimism—he was happy and therefore bound to succeed.†   (source)
  • I'm feeling optimistic.†   (source)
  • He has an optimistic certainty that she's a good person at her core.†   (source)
  • But, talking with my mother, Len Fenerman had shown himself for what he was: an optimist.†   (source)
  • I could sign up for a class at the gun range, the optimistic part of me would think.†   (source)
  • For Gogol Ganguli," it says on the front endpaper in his father's tranquil hand, in red ballpoint ink, the letters rising gradually, optimistically, on the diagonal toward the upper right-hand corner of the page.†   (source)
  • After numerous chapters brimming with optimism and cheer, the book ends with the sobering reality of Nazi-dominated Europe.†   (source)
  • " "That's optimistic.†   (source)
  • Thank you for the optimism.†   (source)
  • Sometimes, it seems, I am surrounded by optimists.†   (source)
  • "They sounded optimistic," she said.†   (source)
  • However, there's reason for optimism.†   (source)
  • "I admire your optimism," Klaus said, smiling at Phil.†   (source)
  • We went back and forth a few times until I began to feel much more optimistic about the future and things in general.†   (source)
  • Beck's cheer and limitless optimism were so winning that, in spite of myself, I grew to like him a lot.†   (source)
  • Immigrants who come to the United States are by nature optimists.†   (source)
  • His voice is overflowing with optimism.†   (source)
  • He had started The Little School in the same optimistic vein.†   (source)
  • Maybe he'd gotten his optimism from his granddad Clive Marlowe.†   (source)
  • I forced optimism into my voice.†   (source)
  • "Of course," said Murtagh with forced optimism, then slapped his thigh.†   (source)
  • She was astonished by their optimism and their joy in living, despite everything they had been through.†   (source)
  • "You seem more… optimistic than usual," I observed.†   (source)
  • His words to us were packed with meaning, edged with menace, but nonetheless optimistic.†   (source)
  • Mary Todd Lincoln had noticed his recent optimism and now, during their afternoon carriage ride, she spoke to him about it.†   (source)
  • Hollingsworth billed it as an overall guide to helping modern young housewives create a peaceful, optimistic, and sanitary household.†   (source)
  • Along with personal messages were rumors about the world outside, each more wildly optimistic than the last.†   (source)
  • But he was optimistic.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, with our goal in sight, my usual optimism was returning.†   (source)
  • This five-hundred-mile swath of territory is filled with would-be arctic explorers in great wheeled houses, optimistically northbound, and more than a few rejects who have abandoned their bagos in the north country and hitched a ride back down south.†   (source)
  • They were started by door-to-door salesmen, short-order cooks, orphans, and dropouts, by eternal optimists looking for a piece of the next big thing.†   (source)
  • "Ever the optimist," I say.†   (source)
  • I see these car crashes as part of a long tradition of American optimism.†   (source)
  • What Larry McCaslin saw in Rahel's eyes was not despair at all, but a sort of enforced optimism.†   (source)
  • At the time, I already had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but I was optimistic.†   (source)
  • Only incorrigible optimists had still cherished the delusion that Poland's determined stance would deter Hitler at the last moment.†   (source)
  • Drunk Rachel sees no consequences, she is either excessively expansive and optimistic or wrapped up in hate.†   (source)
  • I wanted to believe they promised a breakthrough, but such optimism seems delusional now Pete Snyder's schedule will allow only one lesson a month or so, and Lamp isn't going to keep a light on for Nathaniel indefinitely.†   (source)
  • I did not yet understand how foolish, how optimistic, how, yes, just like Nick I was for thinking this.†   (source)
  • I'm not too optimistic, though.†   (source)
  • The information didn't offer much optimism about such surgery.†   (source)
  • They seem, by their expressions, to be in a better mood though, and John says optimistically, "I'm going to put on everything I own, and then we'll make it all right."†   (source)
  • The blank videotape sitting on the bench beside us suddenly seemed like an incredible embarrassment, a sharp reminder of our blind, naive optimism.†   (source)
  • A few wind-whipped and decrepit Victorian mansions, remnants of a lost era of seagoing optimism, loomed out of the snowfall on the town's sporadic hills.†   (source)
  • " "The next point is cultural optimism," Sophie said.†   (source)
  • But there was nonetheless a spirit of at least intermittent optimism that refused entirely to die in Marin, perhaps because Marin was less violent than most of the places its residents had fled, or because of the view, its position on the edge of a continent, overlooking the world's widest ocean, or because of the mix of its people, or its proximity to that realm of giddy technology that stretched down the bay like a bent thumb, ever poised to meet the curved finger of Marin in a…†   (source)
  • "I'll make a profit—she says optimistically—from the book I intend to write:'†   (source)
  • But when our eyes met, it was not a look of optimism that we exchanged.†   (source)
  • With the optimism of ignorance I thought that the morning was bound to bring a more pleasant solution.†   (source)
  • Dan appreciated that Abby was determined to find the silver lining in everything that morning; he needed a dose of her optimism in his life.†   (source)
  • He ticked off the reasons for optimism on his fingers.†   (source)
  • You remember those days: everyone was so optimistic when the Berlin Wall came down.†   (source)
  • My parents are trying to take the most optimistic view-that my sister will sleep as much as she wants to, and one day she'll wake up like nothing ever happened, and everything'll go back to normal.†   (source)
  • Still, he was an eternal optimist, so he kept the great cage of the fifth level always in readiness.†   (source)
  • "He likes pool," I offered optimistically.†   (source)
  • And pretty optimistic.†   (source)
  • But, conversely, an optimistic person was that way because he wanted to believe in something better than his reality.†   (source)
  • The three of us were up early the next morning, and this alone gave me farther reason for long-range optimism.†   (source)
  • Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.†   (source)
  • Before long, his optimism permeates the entire lot.†   (source)
  • She allowed herself the uncharacteristically optimistic thought that maybe she and her family were finally safe.†   (source)
  • Outside, on the old stone steps, they burst into talk; Ron was pleased, cautiously optimistic, but the others were ebullient, hugging Caroline to thank her for her speech.†   (source)
  • It's pretty optimistic thinking on my part.†   (source)
  • "Thank you, Chuckles," Liam cut in, "for that rousing burst of optimism."†   (source)
  • Now, it was seven sharp, and our first arrivals were still sitting in their cars, optimistically waiting for a break in the torrential downpour.†   (source)
  • I thought your optimism was as deep as a well, and as wide as a church.†   (source)
  • Fox proposed optimistic and pessimistic scenarios.†   (source)
  • Father Nicanor did not agree: the growing generosity of the faithful permitted him to make more optimistic calculations.†   (source)
  • Fellow prisoners, offended, sniffed that I must he feeling "some kind of way," as I was not my usual optimistic self.†   (source)
  • By that time I was too tired to be optimistic.†   (source)
  • Ryan noted to himself that he might have been overly optimistic about their chances for success.†   (source)
  • I liked his optimism, his easy way with words.†   (source)
  • When he stood up, his head cleared for a moment and he felt a wild optimism--maybe he was over being drunk.†   (source)
  • But Rath's attractiveness and winning personality are perilous bounties for a rural Cambodian girl, and her trusting nature and optimistic self-assuredness compound the hazard.†   (source)
  • Forever the optimists, even when we're outnumbered and outgunned, we still tend to think we have a chance to make it out alive—and be home in time for dinner.†   (source)
  • It isn't the most optimistic outlook I've ever heard.†   (source)
  • Over dinner with Janice and Larry one night, Kelley could sense their reservations, despite the optimism they conveyed—exactly what she was experiencing.†   (source)
  • I left the consulate feeling vaguely optimistic, but the waitingover the next few weeks was unbearable.†   (source)
  • Oscar told Karla that he was having trouble staying optimistic.†   (source)
  • It was about dreams, vivid and optimistic dreams of a future as radiant as Buck Rogers's cosmos.†   (source)
  • Nothing for half an hour, but my optimism didn't wane.†   (source)
  • Stevie Rae said with her usual perky optimism.†   (source)
  • Is there evidence for optimism?†   (source)
  • Let us attack this with optimism and hope.†   (source)
  • She did not lose her head over this or her optimistic frame of mind.†   (source)
  • The captain was piqued, but managed to carry on with a pretense of optimism.†   (source)
  • As always, Aunt tried to be optimistic in the midst of sorrow.†   (source)
  • A few weeks later, sitting in the same classroom, he stares at a pile of application forms, trying to muster the optimism he'll need to fill out each one convincingly.†   (source)
  • "I might even …. be an optimist …. if you weren't around."†   (source)
  • Only from the perspective of such a utopia is it possible to use the concepts of pessimism and optimism with full justification: an optimist is someone who thinks that on planet number five the history of mankind will be less bloody.†   (source)
  • The jazzy Congolese and Brazilian rhythms were uplifting, full of optimism, but when I retired to my room, afloat in beer, my melancholia was always worse.†   (source)
  • So full of optimism.†   (source)
  • He is optimistic everything will be all right.†   (source)
  • "I'm not optimistic."†   (source)
  • They were heading for a competition in the home of the best baseball in the world, yet they seemed eager and unafraid, displaying only the exuberance of youth and its unfettered optimism.†   (source)
  • I wish that everyone could see the world from my perspective; I believe that more people would be optimistic about our future.†   (source)
  • Then my old confidence and optimism revived, and I tried to plan my time in the North.†   (source)
  • Some of them even fluttered over and perched on the canoe itself, huddling together and staring at him with a sort of desperate, terrified optimism.†   (source)
  • Even stalwart, optimistic Henry Knox suffered his own private anguish.†   (source)
  • The sisterly friendship that had begun to blossom between the optimistic little Quaker, Merry Wickford, and the grim and damaged Jane Martin, and how it seemed a healing thing for the spirits of both.†   (source)
  • As my optimism grew, I pictured myself with Father, checking him out of the hospital in a few days, spending time with him one on one, then maybe …. one day soon ….†   (source)
  • Javier is wearing his Pioneers uniform, bright and new as the revolution, as his optimistic face.†   (source)
  • He was a good man—inexplicably good and oddly optimistic, considering the suffering with which fate saddled him.†   (source)
  • But I have been optimistic the whole way through.†   (source)
  • But in some ways, being who they naturally were, they made for a great pairing to raise us—optimistic and focused on God and His plan for our lives.†   (source)
  • Given the empty cafe, it seemed a trifle optimistic.†   (source)
  • He is not optimistic, nor even hopeful.†   (source)
  • Suddenly optimistic.†   (source)
  • Daisy admired Polina's optimism.†   (source)
  • A few days later, however, the survey came back and diminished some of their optimism.†   (source)
  • I thanked her for her very optimistic wishes for my health, and said I would let her know when I was ready.†   (source)
  • During pauses in the music, if one listened carefully, one could hear its steady optimistic sound.†   (source)
  • Even after the Brills moved in and their cluttery decorations choked the airy rooms, he remained serenely optimistic.†   (source)
  • Experience teaches us not to be too optimistic.†   (source)
  • Cassius and Glensather exchanged knowing winks of success, for everyone left the room feeling a bit more optimistic.†   (source)
  • He is very optimistic, much more than Early.†   (source)
  • She was beautiful, smart, funny, and optimistic, and at first, I had a lot of trouble believing she wanted to have anything to do with me.†   (source)
  • I whispered to her, and I knew from her blank stare that somehow that bit of optimism, the assumption that she would one day be a majorette, had failed.†   (source)
  • Oz took this in stride, his optimism barely tarnished.†   (source)
  • Optimistic about it.†   (source)
  • Or optimistically?†   (source)
  • Perhaps I was too optimistic; perhaps I expected too much.†   (source)
  • The desks were an optimistic shade of pale pine, like something from an IKEA catalog.†   (source)
  • Mrs. Glass had made this last offer on her feet—in fact, halfway out of the living room, in the direction of the kitchen, looking rather grim with optimism.†   (source)
  • As it turned out, he was optimistic.†   (source)
  • I was very thoughtful for the balance of the day, and there were moments when I wondered if my hopes of gaining the confidence of the wolves might not be overly optimistic.†   (source)
  • A few optimistic storekeepers had prudently boarded windows, split by blast on The Day or broken by looters afterwards, against water and wind.†   (source)
  • It was an end that no prophet had ever foreseen-an end that repudiated optimism and pessimism alike.†   (source)
  • They knew her pressure points, and the ganglia of her optimism, and one by one, pinch by precision pinch, they were immobilizing her.†   (source)
  • Maybe he is not a Nazi, she thinks optimistically—but then, surely a man so highly placed must be a member of the Party.†   (source)
  • Right along with the energetic practice of optimism, and deeper than this, was an abiding awareness of mortality itself—most of all the mortality of a parent.†   (source)
  • As I see it, the time has come to look forward to an agenda for the future, to unify, to bind up the Nation's wounds, and to restore its health and its optimistic self-confidence.†   (source)
  • Allen was twenty-eight, five years younger than she, and blessed with the optimism of youth.†   (source)
  • Bernie was an optimist who needed proof that his philosophy of joy and the resurrection of the spirit was not the delusion of a grinning Pollyanna.†   (source)
  • People in our position move rapidly from depression to optimism and back down again.†   (source)
  • Optimism.†   (source)
  • The optimism of a revolutionary always gives rise to a sense of wonder.†   (source)
  • In my dealings with criminals in the past one thing had become obvious, that all were incurable optimists, as well as egotists.†   (source)
  • Most of the scientists disagree, and think that Jorgensen is optimistic.†   (source)
  • "First the marketing," I said smiling, for who would not at such optimism, "then the plans."†   (source)
  • You're optimistic.†   (source)
  • Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.   (source)
  • Surely her cockiness, her optimism and energy, her pizzazz, will get her out of this.†   (source)
  • I try to say this with optimism, but my voice cracks.†   (source)
  • As Crake had once said, Jimmy was a romantic optimist.†   (source)
  • At first there was an outpouring of great optimism and excitement.†   (source)
  • But as you remember, Phil was an optimist, so the actual work turned out to be much, much worse.†   (source)
  • There was a feeling of…both optimism and desperation.†   (source)
  • And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity.†   (source)
  • Despite Max's optimism, the rain he saw outside mirrored his growing foreboding.†   (source)
  • I appreciated her optimism, but I worried, too.†   (source)
  • Everyone wanted to talk to him, and he dealt with it all with optimism and hope.†   (source)
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