Pollyanna

Example Sentences

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“We’re literally just having a good time. There’s no left or right. Everyone is just in it, and having a good time. I see the experience of people coming through with the kids, and everyone is just so happy. Can’t we have that throughout the world? I know it’s Pollyanna thinking, but we can give this little section of Van Nuys happiness.”

From Los Angeles Times

That said, Stiller’s slightly Pollyanna approach does feel ironically cold at times, as if there are things he’s holding back, whether for the sake of preserving his parents’ memories or to keep hold of his own privacy.

From Salon

I’m not being Pollyanna about this.

From Slate

Life doesn’t screech to a halt after a Pollyanna rom-com ending, just like love isn’t cast in amber, destined to be preserved forever.

From Salon

I know sound kind of like a Pollyanna talking about this, but that's genuinely what I believe.

From Salon