Sample sentences for OPTIMISTIC

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Definition

expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things

optimistic = expecting the best

She keeps telling me her chances of dying in a car accident are 1 in 112, but I keep telling her that's too optimistic if she drives after drinking too much.

optimistic = full of expectation of the best

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell
The sunshine was delicious, and a gentle optimism seemed to steal over him.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Vanished Messenger
He admired her courage, her optimism, her impudent defiance of fate...
Maugham, W. Somerset -- Of Human Bondage
Her cheerfulness and optimism, even in times of sickness, was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember

optimism = tendency to expect and see the best in all things

These optimistic speeches, which no one believed, helped to pass the time.
Elie Wiesel -- Night

optimistic = upbeat (expecting the best)

At the time, I already had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but I was optimistic.
Randy Pausch -- The Last Lecture

optimistic = expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things

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.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

optimism = expectation that things would go well

optimistic = expecting good results

I wish that everyone could see the world from my perspective; I believe that more people would be optimistic about our future.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II

optimistic = expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things

They instilled in their children and grandchildren that same love of country and a spirit of optimism.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things

optimist = someone who expects the best; or who focuses on the good part of things

Or I could leave it as an optimist and hope for the best.
Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why

optimist = someone who expects the best

Voltaire's men and women point his case against optimism by starting high and falling low.
Voltaire -- Candide

optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is anything such as complete happiness.
Rosa Parks
The soul refuses limits, and always affirms an Optimism, never a Pessimism.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Essays, First Series
According to the form of belief desired, it is called vanity, optimism, or religion.
Russell, Bertrand -- The Analysis of Mind
The baronet in his optimism had often laughed at the black gloves of this dismal attendant; but no one was likely to laugh at him just now.
Chesterton, Gilbert K. -- The Innocence Of Father Brown
I see no room here for the shallow and ignorant optimism of your correspondent...
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -- The Poison Belt

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