optimist

Example Sentences

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While accepting the inaugural award for best podcast at last Sunday’s Golden Globes, Amy Poehler — perennial optimist and the mind behind some of contemporary culture’s most feel-good media — made a rare off-color joke.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

She teared up recounting her father's condition, describing how he remained "an optimist" in a recent letter.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

He describes himself as a “long-term optimist but a short-term pessimist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

BofA equity strategist Savita Subramanian has been a stalwart stock-market optimist practically since the bull market began just over three years ago.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

Next came a beautiful young Yugoslav who identified herself as an optimist, saying that she loved everything that life had to offer.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris