How to Use pessimistic in a Sentence

pessimistic

adjective
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  • The film gives a very pessimistic view of human nature.
  • Most doctors were pessimistic that a cure could be found.
  • He has an extremely negative and pessimistic attitude.
  • The pessimistic view is that the blowups are still to come.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 29 May 2022
  • The most pessimistic among us had put their bet on June end.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Such a thought might strike you as too dark, too pessimistic.
    — oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2021
  • But the way Seth sees it, Chalmers was overly pessimistic.
    — Quanta Magazine, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Hannah Arendt: But Jean, that’s a rather pessimistic view.
    — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Consumers are also pessimistic about the chances of rent prices falling in the next year.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Yet its citizens are as pessimistic as any in the West.
    — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In June their forecast got lowered to 4.1%, and maybe that is still too pessimistic.
    — WSJ, 7 July 2023
  • Some take an overtly pessimistic view of Banksy’s new work.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • And Goldman’s numbers aren’t the most pessimistic out there.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 June 2022
  • Black voters are the most pessimistic, with 77% feeling that way.
    — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Most are pessimistic about the prospect of meaningful change.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The depth of the division has made some of those close to the family pessimistic about any way back into the fold.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Polling showed voters were deeply pessimistic about the state of the economy and the direction of the nation.
    — Steve Peoples, ajc, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The reason Democrats have closed the gap a bit in some polling is that voters are a bit less pessimistic about the economy.
    — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • And Americans are in a pretty pessimistic point of view.
    — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • But the more pessimistic projections of Alabama’s 2021 team got a good squeeze in the first week.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Now the raw stuff is OK, but there are a lot of reasons to be pessimistic about Jax moving forward.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • That’s because the electorate is a lot more pessimistic today.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Here are five reasons to be pessimistic about the Longhorns heading into next year.
    — Dallas News, 7 May 2021
  • People are very pessimistic about the state of economy.
    — ABC News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • And, in fairness, the mayor decided to take a much more pessimistic view than some.
    — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
  • Still, not everyone is so pessimistic about the future of tech shares.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 22 May 2022
  • But there are two reasons to be pessimistic about Skrmetti.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel, two of my favorite writers in the tech space, are a bit more pessimistic.
    — Jeremy Anderberg, Longreads, 12 July 2023
  • The media, our social media feeds and our most pessimistic friends fill us with doom and gloom stories.
    — Axios, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Then there are the rankings that were right by being pessimistic, which isn’t as fun, but just as important.
    — Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024

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