| Their interpretation of the attributional capacities of chimpanzees now seems to have been somewhat overly optimistic. |
| Old people think the world is going to wrack and ruin, the young are optimistic. |
| The trial is still in preliminary stages, but the project's scientists are optimistic. |
| Throughout his discussion, he uses a different and darker language than the optimistic tones one hears from the avid acolytes of progress. |
| This version of the achingly optimistic Broadway standard is well worth whatever sleuthing may be required to track it down. |
| The inevitable thoughts of his foolishness returned to him, no matter how optimistic he tried to be. |
