Example Sentences

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The IEA report argues, optimistically, that better voter education might help.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Musk has also spoken optimistically about the expected growth in revenue tied to subscriptions of the driver-assistance "FSD" program.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

They look like a fashionable couple, smiling optimistically from behind their sunglasses.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

This Thanksgiving, while we pray for those who’ve been injured or killed in gun violence all across this country, I remain optimistically thankful.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025

“For Gogol Ganguli,” it says on the front endpaper in his father’s tranquil hand, in red ballpoint ink, the letters rising gradually, optimistically, on the diagonal toward the upper right-hand corner of the page.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri