naysayer
Example Sentences
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The Sky Blues have shown real ambition in the summer and will, along with other newcomers Ipswich Town and Hull City, relish making a nonsense of naysayer predictions such as this one.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
With Disney’s stock hovering just above an 11-month low, one previous naysayer analyst turned bullish, saying it’s ‘historically cheap.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
To her critics, Breed closed with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt prizing the person who strives in spite of setbacks rather than the naysayer who carps from the sidelines.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
While guiding Los Angeles on its painful budget recovery, City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana often had to be the naysayer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
They said that they had identified him, and that he was a hacker and a naysayer of the worst kind.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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