Pollyanna

Example Sentences

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Phil subscribers and the public when Disney Hall fundraising faltered and the whole thing seemed like some kind of pointless avant-garde Pollyanna project from a vain architect.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

My inner Pollyanna prevailed, and I reasoned for a moment that the end of enmity between the two men was not only possible but also would be good for the country.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

I didn't want the optimism to come from this Pollyanna place of we can make the world better and I want to see the best in people.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2023

But this is not going to be a Pollyanna experience where at the end of it you’re going to feel that justice was served in this simple way.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2023

Sosie had played her part, being the smiling, plucky, don’t-worry-about-me, lip-reading Pollyanna.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray