optimist
Example Sentences
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I’m enough of a cockeyed optimist to believe that exposure to different cultures, to ways of being in, looking at and talking about the world, can cure a person of prejudice.
From Los Angeles Times
Defeat at the Gabba left only the keenest optimists holding on to the faintest hope.
From BBC
This is just the beginning, say the optimists.
From Los Angeles Times
But despite her comparisons to pessimistic comedians like Larry David, Hoffman remains an optimist.
From Los Angeles Times
A dreamy optimist, he set sail in a rush, hoping for the best.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
