pessimistically

Example Sentences

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Today’s lower numbers aren’t evidence that we lack faith in true love’s existence – though that’s pessimistically prevalent these days among singles – but of wedding-driven reality TV’s expansion.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024

The Mariners manager wasn’t trying to be pessimistically prescient or trying to hedge future failure.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Yet one could be forgiven for pessimistically siding with Wood.

From Scientific American • Dec. 8, 2020

Not to start too pessimistically, but let’s be honest with one another.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2015

"He ain't actin' anxious to git away—now," Hitch rumbled pessimistically.

From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed