How to Use optimist in a Sentence

optimist

noun

• So to the optimist, the Mets have more time to turn it around.
  — Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• Or maybe the tech optimists are right and everything is AI now.
  — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
• Agell admits to being a chronic optimist but says this was never about one man.
  — Tamara Keith, NPR, 14 July 2026
• Every time an incident like this happens, the optimist in me thinks perhaps this will be a turning point.
  — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• Every time an incident like this happens, the optimist in me thinks, perhaps this will be a turning point.
  — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• But optimists are also right that AI has real promise.
  — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Value for money has been next to nil and even an eternal optimist would be hard-pressed to visualise a redemption arc.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• Some optimists even see hints of a ’60s-style resurgence with bright young filmmakers creating smart young movies.
  — Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026
• Utah seems to have found the midpoint between the optimist’s opinion of Trocheck and the pessimist’s and paid accordingly.
  — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• Advertisement If Rogen was the optimist, did that make Wilde the pessimist?
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 26 June 2026
• Ever the optimist, Obama shifted out of his defensive posture.
  — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
• But for every optimist backing Musk’s bid to establish a human colony on Mars is an investor on earth wondering if the plan will ever take off.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 June 2026
• Perkins still identifies as the optimist from 2022, albeit one tempered by realism.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
• Roberts, the relentless optimist, understands this.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 May 2026
• Techno-optimists argue that AI is reshaping human work, not replacing it.
  — Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
• Her family, from Pinar del Río, raised her to be an optimist that finds the best in every situation and the ability to maked people feel welcome.
  — Sarah Moreno may 31, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
• After a wildfire, the optimist waits patiently for the eventual return of squirrels, birds and other forest residents.
  — The Los Angeles Times, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
• Reading rates might fluctuate, but optimists argue that the long arc of history points toward universal literacy.
  — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
• In the great debate over how to address the national debt crisis, optimists suggest that expanding the economy is preferable to cutting federal spending.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 July 2026
• Wall Street optimists in good company BofA’s research team isn’t alone in reaching for history as a rebuttal to panic.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
• Tech optimists may point to the benefits screens can have for individual tutoring or supplemental materials.
  — Abby McCloskey, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
• Pessimists outnumber optimists by 16 percentage points.
  — Will Johnson, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
• Finally, of course, there are the ambitious optimists, people betting that fresh leadership will shake CNN out of it slumber (and give themselves a high-profile role to help achieve those goals).
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
• That distinction is important because AI optimists often answer valuation concerns by pointing to what the technology can do.
  — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Managing The Risk Of Deskilling Being a technology optimist, deskilling is not a failure of technology.
  — Victor Fang, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• China has long been a nation of techno-optimists, and not just because software and engineering — from smartphones to high-speed trains to drone deliveries — have radically improved life across the country in the span of a single generation.
  — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
• Andy Sachs exemplifies an adaptive optimist, challenging norms and fostering open environments through self-reflection and curiosity.
  — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• If so, an optimist could argue that giving lower-level leagues more chances to win games (and earn the accompanying NCAA Tournament financial units) is actually a good thing.
  — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• And while Tom Loftis might not exactly be an indefatigable optimist like Parks and Rec’s Leslie Knope, he’s driven by a passion for civic improvement — and, of course, a desire to show up Eagleton Martha’s Vineyard.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
• An optimist might even have pointed to it as proof that BlueCo’s strategy of building a young squad intended to peak just as Jurgen Klopp and Guardiola left the stage, as reported by The Athletic in February 2024, was on track.
  — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 15 May 2026