pessimistically
Example Sentences
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Today’s lower numbers aren’t evidence that we lack faith in true love’s existence – though that’s pessimistically prevalent these days among singles – but of wedding-driven reality TV’s expansion.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
Let’s pessimistically assume that we are still in the worst timeline, and Pangaea Ultima is a truly infernal place.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2023
The Mariners manager wasn’t trying to be pessimistically prescient or trying to hedge future failure.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
“If you want to look at the Olympics pessimistically, it’s just not the crown jewel that it used to be.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
"Though it's not likely they'll be sending us up again soon," he muttered pessimistically.
From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George
